"lèvre" meaning in French

See lèvre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɛvʁ/, /laɛ̯vʁ/ [Quebec] Audio: Fr-lèvre.ogg Forms: lèvres [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French lévre, from Old French levre, earlier lavras (plural) (ca. 980), from Vulgar Latin labra, originally a neuter plural of Latin labrum, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down, droop”). An Old and Middle French variant, leffre, may have blended with Old High German leffur (“lip”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|lévre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French lévre, {{inh+|fr|frm|lévre}} Inherited from Middle French lévre, {{inh|fr|fro|levre}} Old French levre, {{uder|fr|VL.|labra}} Vulgar Latin labra, {{inh|fr|la|labrum}} Latin labrum, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*leb-||to hang down, droop}} Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down, droop”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} lèvre f (plural lèvres)
  1. lip Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Face Derived forms: brûler les lèvres, du bout des lèvres, être pendu aux lèvres de, être sur toutes les lèvres, grandes lèvres, il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres, lire sur les lèvres, pendu à ses lèvres, petites lèvres, rouge à lèvres

Inflected forms

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