🇮🇹 Italian

labbro

masculine

il labbro

lip

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labbro
/il ˈlabbro/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say labbro in Italian?

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/il ˈlabbro/

How do you pronounce labbro in Italian?

labbro is pronounced /il ˈlabbro/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il labbro superiore del paziente era gonfio e arrossato dopo l'intervento dentale.

The patient's upper lip was swollen and reddened after the dental procedure.

Quel labbro carnoso e ben definito era il tratto più caratteristico del suo viso.

That full and well-defined lip was the most characteristic feature of his face.

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Why is it masculine?

Labbro (lip) is masculine because it derives from the Latin "labrum," which was neuter in classical Latin but shifted to masculine in Romance languages; Italian preserved this masculine gender despite the neuter origins, likely due to phonetic changes and analogical leveling with other -o ending nouns.

What is the Italian word for lip?

The Italian word for lip is il labbro — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchlèvre flips!lafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishlabioelmasculine

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