Female circumcision can cause labial adhesions.
Source: tatoeba (8979628)
Labial
//ˈleɪ.bi.əl//
Synonyms for "labial" (134 found)
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1 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
51 entriesShowing 16 of 51 words.
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3 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 32 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- buzor adj (pertaining to the lips)
Arabic
4 entries- شَفَهِيّ adj (pertaining to the lips)
- شَفَهِيّ adj (articulated by the lips)
- شَفَوِيّ adj (pertaining to the lips)
- شَفَوِيّ adj (articulated by the lips)
Armenian
3 entries- շրթնային adj (pertaining to the lips)
- շրթնային adj (articulated by the lips)
- շրթնային noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
Belarusian
2 entries- губны́ adj (pertaining to the lips)
- губны́ adj (articulated by the lips)
Bulgarian
2 entries- лабиален adj (pertaining to the lips)
- лабиален adj (articulated by the lips)
Burmese
1 entries- ဩဌဇ adj (articulated by the lips)
Catalan
3 entries- labial adj (pertaining to the lips)
- labial adj (articulated by the lips)
- labial noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- لێوی adj (pertaining to the lips)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 脣側 /唇侧 adj (on the side facing the lips)
- 脣的 /唇的 adj (pertaining to the lips)
- 脣音 /唇音 noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
Czech
1 entries- retný adj (pertaining to the lips)
Dutch
2 entries- labiaal adj (pertaining to the lips)
- labiaal noun (organ pipe)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- лабиал adj (articulated by the lips)
- тӱрван adj (articulated by the lips)
Faroese
2 entries- varra adj (pertaining to the lips)
- varraljóð adj (articulated by the lips)
Finnish
4 entries- huuli adj (pertaining to the lips)
- huuli adj (furnished with lips)
- labiaali adj (on the side facing the lips)
- labiaalinen adj (pertaining to the lips)
French
2 entries- labial adj (pertaining to the lips)
- labial adj (articulated by the lips)
Galician
3 entries- labial adj (pertaining to the lips)
- labial adj (articulated by the lips)
- labial noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
Georgian
2 entries- ბაგისმიერი adj (articulated by the lips)
- ლაბიალური adj (articulated by the lips)
German
4 entries- Lippen adj (pertaining to the lips)
- labial adj (pertaining to the lips)
- labial adj (articulated by the lips)
- Labial noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
Greek
2 entries- χειλικός adj (pertaining to the lips)
- χειλικός adj (articulated by the lips)
Indonesian
1 entries- labial adj (articulated by the lips)
Italian
3 entries- labiale adj (pertaining to the lips)
- labiale adj (articulated by the lips)
- labiale noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- lêvî adj (pertaining to the lips)
Persian
1 entries- لبی adj (pertaining to the lips)
Polish
3 entries- labialny adj (articulated by the lips)
- wargowy adj (pertaining to the lips)
- wargowy adj (articulated by the lips)
Portuguese
3 entries- labial adj (pertaining to the lips)
- labial adj (articulated by the lips)
- labial noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਹੋਂਠੀ adj (pertaining to the lips)
Russian
4 entries- губно́й adj (pertaining to the lips)
- губно́й adj (articulated by the lips)
- лабиа́льный adj (pertaining to the lips)
- лабиа́льный adj (articulated by the lips)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- labijal noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
- usnenik noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
Slovene
2 entries- labial noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
- ustničnik noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
Spanish
3 entries- labial adj (pertaining to the lips)
- labial adj (articulated by the lips)
- labial noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
Ukrainian
2 entries- губни́й adj (pertaining to the lips)
- губни́й adj (articulated by the lips)
Welsh
2 entries- cytsain eneuol noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
- gwefliad noun (consonant articulated by the lips)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The lips are involved in making labial consonants.
Source: tatoeba (8979631)
Indeed, if we are strictly logical on the point of the euphony of language, the Italian dialect, which we deem so soft and liquid, sounds quite harsh, I’m told, in comparison with the labial syllables that the Polynesian islanders use in the South Seas.
Source: tatoeba (11707156)
The wound that does not kill Christ is the magical labial wound; it is the seal of the resurrection and an expression of the myth of eternal recurrence.
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