lab

lab

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of lab in English

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læb/
  • Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

Noun

lab (plural labs)

  1. (colloquial) A laboratory.
  2. (colloquial) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lab (plural labs)

  1. (colloquial) A Labrador retriever.
Translations

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.)

  1. 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)

  1. paw

Inflection

Verb

lab

  1. imperative of labbe

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • labo

Etymology

Short for laboratorium

Pronunciation

Noun

lab n (plural labs, diminutive labje n)

  1. (Netherlands) lab

Lhao Vo

Etymology

Cognate with Lashi loeb and Burmese လှုပ် (hlup).

Verb

lab

  1. to move; to stir.

References

  • Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

Narua

Noun

lab

  1. wing

Spanish

Noun

lab m (plural labs)

  1. lab (laboratory)

Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /laːp˧/
  • Tone numbers: lab8
  • Hyphenation: lab

Etymology 1

From Chinese (MC lap, “wax; candle”).

Noun

lab (Sawndip forms or , 1957–1982 spelling lab)

  1. candle

Etymology 2

From Chinese (MC lap, “cured meat”).

Verb

lab (Sawndip forms or , 1957–1982 spelling lab)

  1. to cure (meat) by drying or smoking

Adjective

lab (Sawndip forms or , 1957–1982 spelling lab)

  1. cured; dried; smoked

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