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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sublabial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sub-labi-al
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

under the lip

noun

Any of the scales that border the mouth opening along the lower jaw in reptile

Etymology

From sub- + labial.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more sublabial (comparative) most sublabial (superlative) sublabials (plural)

Derived Forms

sublabially

Rhymes With

labial bilabial nasolabial linguolabial nonlabial infralabial dentilabial inguinolabial vaginolabial supralabial gingivolabial buccolabial

Questions

What does sublabial mean?
under the lip
Where does sublabial come from?
From sub- + labial.

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