lab

See also: Lab, LAB, láb, lǟb, and Lab.

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /læb/
Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

Noun

lab (plural labs)

(colloquial) A laboratory.
- 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth (page 23)
  A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.
(colloquial, chiefly in the plural) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result.

I dropped my mixture while doing my lab, so I had to start over.
(colloquial) A Labrador retriever.

Derived terms

lab rat

Translations

laboratory — see laboratory

labrador

Finnish: labbis

Etymology 2

Noun

lab (plural labs)

(obsolete) A telltale; a blabber.
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Anagrams

Abl., Alb., BAL, BLA, abl., alb

Albanian

Etymology

Unclear. Historically the inhabitants of the Labëria region. Compare *Labeati ^[1], maybe ultimately related to words like lëbozë and lëpe. Alternatively, could also be metathesized form of *alban, possibly through a Slavic dialect (cf. arbën ~ Serbo-Croatian raban 'Albanian').

Noun

lab ?

southern Albanian

Related terms

Labëria
arbër

References

↑ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, →ISBN, page 172, "...area, including Oaneum on a river Aratus, which controlled the route leading west to the kingdom of Gentius among the Labeates around Vlora (Valona)here is in real the Labeates not in Shkodra,this part these pieces of land are called again today Labëria (Labeati)."

Danish

Noun

lab c (singular definite labben, plural indefinite labber)

paw

Inflection

Declension of lab

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lab	labben	labber	labberne
genitive	labs	labbens	labbers	labbernes

Verb

lab

imperative of labbe

Dutch

Alternative forms

labo

Etymology

Short for laboratorium

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

lab n (plural labs, diminutive labje n)

(Netherlands) lab

Spanish

Noun

lab m (plural labs)

lab (laboratory)

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[1] Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, →ISBN, page 172, "...area, including Oaneum on a river Aratus, which controlled the route leading west to the kingdom of Gentius among the Labeates around Vlora (Valona)here is in real the Labeates not in Shkodra,this part these pieces of land are called again today Labëria (Labeati)."