labial
Portuguese, noun/la.biˈaw/
labial is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “labial (a consonant articulated by the lips)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does labial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinelabial (of or relating to the lips)
- 2
femininemasculinelabial (articulated by the lips)
noun
- 1
femininelabial (a consonant articulated by the lips)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo aos lábios 2. que está nos lábios 3. que se pronuncia com os lábios
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of labial
- labiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce labial?
- Brazil /la.biˈaw/
- Brazil [la.biˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /laˈbjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to labial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is labial in Portuguese?
labial appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).