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labium

French, noun\la.bjɔm\

labium is a French masculine noun meaning “labium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce buccale de certains insectes appartenant à la langue, qui a évolué à partir d'une paire d'appendices…”.

What does labium mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinelabium

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pièce buccale de certains insectes appartenant à la langue, qui a évolué à partir d'une paire d'appendices tels le labre, mais qui porte toujours des palpes segmentés à la différence du labre.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of labium

  • labiums plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce labium?

  • \la.bjɔm\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is labium in French?

labium appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).