labium
/ˈleɪ.bi.əm/noun
labium is a noun meaning “A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-B-I-U-M, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of labium is labia.
What does labium mean?
noun
- 1
A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
- 2
The lip of a labiate corolla.
- 3
A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
- 4
A liplike part of various invertebrates.
- 5
The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce labium?
- /ˈleɪ.bi.əm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-labium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of labium
- labia plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is labium?
Labium appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Labium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense liplike structure:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lèvre, lèvre de la vulve |
| German | Schamlippe |
| Spanish | labio, labio de la vulva |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does labium come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).