labial
noun/ˈleɪbiəl/
/ˈleɪbiəl/
(phonetics)- a speech sound made with the lips, for example /m/, /p/ and /v/ in me, pea and veryTopics Languagec2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin labialis, from Latin labium ‘lip’.
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