dentolabial

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UK/dɛntəˈleɪbɪəɫ/

adjective

Articulated with the upper lip and lower teeth.

OriginEnglish labial ← Medieval Latin labiālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
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Meanings

adjectivedentolabial (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesArticulated with the upper lip and lower teeth.
noundentolabial (plural dentolabials)

plural dentolabials

  1. human sciencesA consonant articulated with the upper lip and lower teeth.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  3. Proto-Italic*dents
  4. Latindens
  5. Englishdento-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leb-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*l̥b-yóm
  8. Proto-Italic*labjom
  9. Latinlabium
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Medieval Latinlabiālis
  13. Englishlabial
  14. Englishdentolabial

From dento- + labial.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dentolabial

labialbilabialnasolabialalveololabialanterolabialapicolabialaxiolabialbasolabialbuccolabialcervicolabialdistolabialendolabialexolabialgingivolabialillabialinfralabialinguinolabialinterlabiallinguolabiallorilabialmaxillolabialmentolabialmesiolabialnonlabial
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Anagrams

labiodental
Cite this entry
APA

dentolabial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentolabial

MLA

“dentolabial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentolabial. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dentolabial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentolabial.

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