labial

Other forms of labial

plural

labials·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about labial

What does labial mean?

labial means "of or relating to the lips of the mouth". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in labial?

labial has 3 syllables: la-bi-al. The stress falls on "bi".

What is another word for labial?

Close synonyms include labial consonant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is labial a common word?

labial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.