English Online Dictionary. What means lab? What does lab mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læb/
- Rhymes: -æb
Etymology 1
Noun
lab (plural labs)
- (colloquial) A laboratory.
- (colloquial) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result.
- (colloquial) A Labrador retriever.
Synonyms
(laboratory):
- laboratory
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
lab (plural labs)
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (obsolete) A telltale; a blabber.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Anagrams
- Alb., BAL, BLA, abl., alb
Albanian
Etymology
- From lëpe, lëbozë. Historically the inhabitants of the Labëria (“the land of lab”) region. Compare Illyrian *Labeati.
- Alternatively a back-formation based on Labëri (“Laberia”), borrowed from an unattested South Slavic *labanьja < *olbanьja, rendering the native pre-Albanian name of the country; Albania, Ἀλβανία (Albanía). However, this is doubtful.
Noun
lab m (labe, f.)
- southern Albanian (male)
- (male person from Labëri (“land of lab”), Labëria (“the land of lab”))
Related terms
- Labëri
- Labëria
- labërisht
- Labërishtja
- arbër
References
Danish
Etymology
Cognate of Swedish labb (“paw”).
Noun
lab c (singular definite labben, plural indefinite labber)
- paw
Inflection
Verb
lab
- imperative of labbe
Dutch
Alternative forms
- labo
Etymology
Short for laboratorium
Pronunciation
Noun
lab n (plural labs, diminutive labje n)
- (Netherlands) lab
Lhao Vo
Etymology
Cognate with Lashi loeb and Burmese လှုပ် (hlup).
Verb
lab
- to move; to stir.
References
- Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).
Spanish
Noun
lab m (plural labs)
- lab (laboratory)
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /laːp˧/
- Tone numbers: lab8
- Hyphenation: lab
Etymology 1
From Chinese 蠟 (MC lɑp̚, “wax; candle”).
Noun
lab (Sawndip forms 曪 or 腊, 1957–1982 spelling lab)
- candle
Etymology 2
From Chinese 臘 (MC lɑp̚, “cured meat”).
Verb
lab (Sawndip forms 曪 or 腊, 1957–1982 spelling lab)
- to cure (meat) by drying or smoking
Adjective
lab (Sawndip forms 曪 or 腊, 1957–1982 spelling lab)
- cured; dried; smoked