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Unadapted borrowing from Latin labia (“lips”), plural of labium (“lip”).

labia pl (normally plural, singular labium)

  1. (anatomy) The folds of tissue of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
    Hypernym: genitals
    Hyponyms: labia majora, labia minora

labia

  1. plural of labium

Though usually used as a plural, this noun is also attested as a singular with plural labias or labiae.

folds of tissue at opening of vulva

labia f (genitive labiae); first declension

  1. feminine of labium

First-declension noun.

labia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of labium
  • “labia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • labia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Borrowed from Latin labia.

labia oblique singular, f (oblique plural labias, nominative singular labia, nominative plural labias)

  1. (10th century) lip
    • circa 980, La Vie de Saint Léger
    La labia li ad restaurat
    He [=God] restored his lip to him
  • The Vie de Saint Léger citation is the only known recorded usage of the term.
  • IPA(key): /ˈlabja/ [ˈla.β̞ja]
  • Rhymes: -abja
  • Syllabification: la‧bia

labia f (plural labias)

  1. gift of the gab
    Synonym: pico de oro