labret
/ˈleɪbɹɪt/noun
labret is a noun meaning “A body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-B-R-E-T, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of labret is labrets.
What does labret mean?
noun
- 1
A body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce labret?
- /ˈleɪbɹɪt/
- /lɒˈbreɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of labret
- labrets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is labret?
Labret appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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).
Labret in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lip piercing:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | labrete |
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 labret come from?
From Latin labrum (“lip”) + -et; modelled on anklet, bracelet, etc. Sometimes incorrectly assumed to be of French origin. Pronounced in the fasion industry as /lɒˈbreɪ/ (pseudo-Gallicism).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).