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Definition: Labium |
LabiumNoun1. Any of the four lip-shaped folds of the female vulva. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Labium \La"bi*um\, noun; plural Latin Labia, English Labiums. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Labium |
| English words defined with "labium": Labia, labial, Labipalpus, Labiums, Ligula ♦ Palpiger, Paraglossa ♦ Submentum ♦ Trophi. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "labium": Round Ligament. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "labium": Labiose, Labipalpus. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Labium" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (labium), Latin (flange, lip). |
| "Labium" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Labium" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
labium | 14 |
labium minora | 13 |
labium minus | 5 |
labium majus | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "labium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | commissura labiorum posterior (commissura laborium posterior, commissura laborium pudendi posterior, posterior commissure, posterior commissure of labium majus), commissura labiorum anterior (anterior commissure of labium majus, anterior commisure, commissura laborium anterior, commissura laborium pudendi anterior). (various references) | |
Dutch | commissura labiorum pudendi posterior (commissura laborium posterior, commissura laborium pudendi posterior, posterior commissure, posterior commissure of labium majus), commissura labiorum pudendi anterior (anterior commissure of labium majus, anterior commisure, commissura laborium anterior, commissura laborium pudendi anterior), commissura labiorum posterior (commissura laborium posterior, commissura laborium pudendi posterior, posterior commissure, posterior commissure of labium majus), commissura labiorum anterior (anterior commissure of labium majus, anterior commisure, commissura laborium anterior, commissura laborium pudendi anterior). (various references) | |
French | commissure postérieure des lèvres (commissura laborium posterior, commissura laborium pudendi posterior, posterior commissure of labium majus), commissure postérieure des grandes lèvres (commissura laborium posterior, commissura laborium pudendi posterior, posterior commissure of labium majus), commissure antérieure des lèvres (anterior commissure of labium majus, commissura laborium anterior, commissura laborium pudendi anterior), commissure antérieure des grandes lèvres (anterior commissure of labium majus, commissura laborium anterior, commissura laborium pudendi anterior). (various references) | |
German | lippe (apron, chock, gutter, lip, tin), labium, schamlippe. (various references) | |
Greek | πρόσθιος σύνδεσμος μεγάλων χειλέων αιδοίου (anterior commissure of labium majus, anterior commisure, commissura laborium anterior, commissura laborium pudendi anterior), οπίσθιος σύνδεσμος μεγάλων χειλέων αιδοίου (commissura laborium posterior, commissura laborium pudendi posterior, posterior commissure, posterior commissure of labium majus). (various references) | |
Italian | commissura posteriore delle grandi labbra (commissura laborium posterior, commissura laborium pudendi posterior, posterior commissure, posterior commissure of labium majus), commissura anteriore delle grandi labbra (anterior commissure of labium majus, anterior commisure, commissura laborium anterior, commissura laborium pudendi anterior). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 陰" (labia, the labium). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | い"し" (correspondence, labia, letter, news, prosperity, sexual passion, the labium, tidings). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abiumlay.(various references) | |
Spanish | labio (lip, spout lib). (various references) | |
Thai | ริมฝีปาก (lip). (various references) | |
Turkish | cinsel organ dudağı, alt dudak. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 17, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ouc armosei afroni ceilh pista oude dikaiw ceilh yeudh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non decent stultum verba conposita nec principem labium mentiens |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | There semeth not the fool faire set woordis; ne the prince a liende lippe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 17, Verse 7 |
| Bulgarian | Хубава реч не подхожда на безумния, - Много по-малко лъжливи устни на началника. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang pakigpulong nga labing maayo dili mahatungod sa usa ka buang; Labing dili angay ang bakakon nga mga ngabil sa usa ka principe. |
| Chinese | 愚 人 說 美 言 本 不 相 宜 、 何 況 君 王 說 謊 話 呢 。 |
| Croatian | Ne dolikuje budali uzvišena besjeda, a još manje odlièniku usne lažljive. |
| Danish | Ypperlig Tale er ej for en Dåre, end mindre da Løgnfor den, som er ædel. |
| Dutch | Een voortreffelijke lip past een dwaze niet, veelmin een prins een leugenachtige lip. |
| Finnish | Ei sovi houkalle ylevä puhe, saati sitten ruhtinaalle valhe. |
| French | Les paroles distinguées ne conviennent pas un insensé; Combien moins un noble les paroles mensongères! |
| German | Es steht einem Narren nicht wohl an, von hohen Dingen reden, viel weniger einem Fürsten, daß er gern lügt. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Yon moun sòt pa ka di anyen ki bon. Konsa tou, yon moun serye pa nan bay manti. |
| Hungarian | Nem illik a bolondnak az ékes beszéd; még kevésbbé a tisztességesnek a hazug beszéd. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang terhormat tidak patut mengucapkan kata-kata dusta; orang bodoh tidak pantas mengucapkan kata-kata berharga. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tiada patut sekali-kali seorang peloba menjanji perkara besar-besar, istimewa pula jikalau seorang bangsawan tiada menyampaikan janjinya. |
| Italian | Non conviene all'insensato un linguaggio elevato, ancor meno al principe un linguaggio falso. |
| Korean | 분 외 의 말 을 하 " 것 도 미 한 자 에 게 합 당 치 아 니 하 거 " 하 물 며 거 " 말 을 하 " 것 이 존 귀 한 자 에 게 합 당 하 느 냐 |
| Maori | ¶ E kore te reo rangatira e tau ki te kuware: hore rawa ano hoki te ngutu teka ki te rangatira. |
| Norwegian | Det sømmer sig ikke for dåren å tale store ord, enn mindre for den høibårne å tale løgn. |
| Portuguese | Não convém ao tolo a fala excelente; quanto menos ao príncipe o lábio mentiroso! |
| Rumanian | Cuvintele alese nu se potrivesc kn gura unui nebun; cu ckt mai puyin cuvintele mincinoase kn gura unui om de viyq aleasq! - |
| Russian | оЕ ТЙМЙЮОБ ЗМХ ПНХ ЧБЦОБС ТЕЮШ, ФЕН БЮЕ ЪОБФОПНХ--ХУФБ МЦЙЧЩЕ. |
| Spanish | No conviene al hombre vil la grandilocuencia. Cuánto menos al noble el labio mentiroso. |
| Swedish | Stortaliga läppar hövas icke dåren, mycket mindre lögnaktiga läppar en furste. |
| Thai | วาจาสละสลวยไม่เหมาะแก่คนโง่ฉันใ" ริมฝีปากที่มุสายิ่งไม่เหมาะแก่เจ้านายฉันนั้น |
| Ukrainian | ¶ Не пристойна безумному мова поважна, а тим більше шляхетному мова брехлива. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Labium" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alium, altium, Labem, Labi, labian, labion, laiu, Lazim, lebaume, Lebeau. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "labium" (pronounced 'La"bi*um'): Abandum, Absinthium, Acetabulum, Aconitum, Acrodactylum, Acropodium, Acrotarsium, Acroterium, Actinium, Addendum, Adiantum, Adytum, AEcidium, Agendum, Ageratum, Alabastrum, Alarum, Album, Alburnum, Alcyonium, Allium, Allodium, Alluvium, Aluminium, Aluminum, Ambulacrum, Amentum, Ammonium, Amoebaeum, Amomum, Amphibium, Anacardium, Androecium, Animalculum, Antependium, Antheridium, Anthodium, Antibrachium, Anticlinorium, Antrum, Apodyterium, Apothecium, Aquarium, Arachnidium, Arboretum, Arcanum, Archegonium, Archipterygium, Argentalium, arum, Ascidiarium, Ascidium, Aspersorium, Asylum, Auchenium, Auditorium, Aurum, Bacterium, Ballium, barium, Basidium, Basigynium, Basipterygium, Bdellium, Begum, Bivium, Brachium, Brontotherium, Brontozoum, Bryozoum, Bucranium, Bungarum, Cadmium, Caecum, Caesium, Caladium, Calamistrum, Calcaneum, Calcium, Calistheneum, Callosum, Cambium, Candelabrum, Capitulum, Carborundum, Caseum, Castoreum, Celtium, Centrum, Cephalanthium, Cerebellum, Cerebrum, Cerium, Ceruleum, Cheiropterygium, Cheirotherium, Chloralum, Chromium, Chrysanthemum, Ciborium, Cingulum, Claustrum, Clinanthium, Clum, Coagulum, Coccobacterium, Coelum, Coenoecium, Colchicum, Colleterium, Collodium, Collum, Collyrium, Colostrum, Columbarium, Columbium, Cometarium, Compendium, Compluvium, Conidium, Conium, Conjugium, Contagium, Conundrum, Corallum, Corniculum, Coronium, Corrigendum, Corundum, Cranium, Credendum, Cribellum, Crincum, Crincum-crancum, Crinum, Crissum, Crotalum, cuprum, Curriculum, Cymatium, Cymbium, Cynarrhodium, Cypripedium, damnum, Datum, Davyum, Decennium, Decipium, Decorum, Degum, Deinotherium, Deliquium, Delirium, Deltidium, Dentalium, Depositum, Desideratum, Diacodium, Dianium, Dictum, Didymium, Digitorium, Diluvium, Diverticulum, Doliolum, Dolium, Dorsum, Dromatherium, Duodenum, dysprosium, Eardrum, Ecballium, Ecthoreum, Ectobronchium, Ectropium, Effluvium, Ekaluminium, Elaterium, Elysium, Emporium, Encomium, Endocardium, Endometrium, Endomysium, Endoneurium, Endophloeum, Endosteum, Endothecium, Endothelium, Enrheum, Entobronchium, Entropium, Ephippium, Epicardium, Epicedium, Epicleidium, Epicranium, Epigastrium, Epineurium, Epiphyllum, Epipodium, Episternum, Epithalamium, Epithelium, Equilibrium, Equisetum, Erratum, Erythronium, Eulogium, Eupatorium, Euphonium, Euphorbium, europium, Excubitorium, Exogium, Exordium, Exothecium, Factotum, Factum, Fee-faw-fum, Figgum, Flabellum, flagellum, folium, forum, Fraenulum, Fretum, Frigidarium, frustum, fulcrum, fum, Fumatorium, Furculum, Garum, Gelsemium, Geranium, Germarium, Gigerium, Glabellum, Glaum, Glochidium, Glucinum, Gnaphalium, Gnathidium, Gonoblastidium, Gossypium, Grum, Guiacum, Gymnasium, gynoecium, Gypsum, Habendum, Hamatum, harmonium, harum-scarum, Haum, Haustellum, haustorium, Helichrysum, Hemicerebrum, Herbarium, Hesperidium, Hibernaculum, hilum, holmium, hoodlum, hordeolum, Hormogonium, Hospitium, Hummum, hydrargyrum, Hydroperitoneum, Hydrophyllium, hymenium, Hypanthium, Hypericum, Hypnum, hypochondrium, Hypocleidium, Hypodactylum, Hypogastrium, Hypogeum, Hypoptilum, Ichthyopterygium, Illicium, Ilmenium, Imperium, Impluvium, Incertum, Incunabulum, indecorum, indium, indusium, infundibulum, Interambulacrum, Intercentrum, Interoperculum, INTERREGNUM, Intervallum, Involucellum, Ionidium, iridium, jejunum, jorum, Jugulum, Jugum, Juramentum, Kalium, kettledrum, Korrigum, Labarum, Labellum, Labrum, Laburnum, Lactucarium, ladanum, lanthanum, Larum, Latibulum, laudanum, Lavoesium, linoleum, Linum, Lithargyrum, lithium, Lixivium, Lum, lustrum, lutecium, lyceum, Lycopodium, Lygodium, Macrosporangium, Madisterium, magnesium, magnum, Manganesium, Manganium, manubrium, Marrubium, mausoleum, Meconidium, meconium, meerschaum, memorandum, Menstruum, mentum, Mercurammonium, Mesembryanthemum, Mesoarium, Mesobronchium, Mesocaecum, Mesogastrium, Mesometrium, Mesonotum, Mesophloeum, Mesophyllum, Mesopodium, Mesopterygium, Mesorchium, Mesorectum, Mesoscutum, Mesosternum, mesothelium, Mesothorium, mesovarium, Mesymnicum, Metalammonium, Metanotum, Metapodium, Metapterygium, Meum, Microsporangium, millennium, minimum, minium, Minum, modicum, molluscum, molybdenum, momentum, Monopodium, moratorium, Multum, museum, mutandum, Mycelium, Myocardium, Nasturtium, Natatorium, Natrium, Nemathecium, Nephridium, neptunium, Neuropodium, Nitroleum, norium, Norwegium, Nostrum, Notaeum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-l-m-u" | |
-1 letter: album, limba, miaul. | |
-2 letters: alum, bail, balm, bima, blam, iamb, lamb, lima, limb, mail, maul. | |
-3 letters: ail, aim, alb, ami, amu, bal, bam, bum, lab, lam, lib, lum, mib, mil. | |
-4 letters: ab, ai, al, am, ba, bi, la, li, ma, mi, mu, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-l-m-u" | |
+1 letter: albumin, bulimia. | |
+2 letters: albumins, bimanual, bulimiac, bulimias, olibanum. | |
+3 letters: immutable, immutably, imputable, multiband, multibank, olibanums, ovalbumin, subclimax, subfamily, sublimate, submittal, thumbnail, umbilical, unamiable, unmixable. | |
+4 letters: absolutism, albuminous, ambisexual, ambulating, ambulation, automobile, bigamously, bimanually, columbaria, impugnable, lambrequin, mandibular, mutability, ovalbumins, sublimable, sublimated, sublimates, subliminal, submaximal, subminimal, submittals, suboptimal, thumbnails, umbilicals, umbilicate. | |
+5 letters: absolutisms, albuminuria, albuminuric, ambiguously, ambisexuals, ambitiously, ambulations, automobiled, automobiles, bimolecular, bromouracil, bullmastiff, columbarium, funambulism, funambulist, illuminable, implausible, implausibly, incunabulum, innumerable, innumerably, lactalbumin, lambrequins, liquidambar, mandibulate, manipulable, multibarrel, multibladed, multicarbon, rambouillet, subclimaxes, subfamilies, sublimating, sublimation, submarginal, subsampling, subterminal, summability, tolbutamide, umbilicated, umbrellaing, unclimbable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 62 69 75 6D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- -... .. ..- -- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01100010 01101001 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a b i u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0062 0069 0075 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)466768758779 |
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