laboratory

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[edit] Etymology

Shortened from elaboratory; confer Old French elaboratoire, French laboratoire; from Latin laboratorium from laborare (“‘to labour’”).

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(Canadian) IPA: /'læbɹəˌtɔɹi, lə'bɔɹəˌtɔɹi, lə'bɔɹətɹi/
(UK) IPA: /lə'bɒɹət(ə)ɹiː/
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(US) IPA: /'læbɹɪˌtɔɹi/
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[edit] Noun

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Laboratory

laboratory (plural: laboratories)

a room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis
a place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured

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room, building or institution equipped for scientific research

Afrikaans: laboratorium af(af)
Albanian: laborator sq(sq)
Arabic: معمل ar(ar) (má3mal) m.
Bulgarian: лаборатория bg(bg) (laboratoriǎ) f.
Catalan: laboratori ca(ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 實驗室 cmn(cmn), 实验室 cmn(cmn) (shíyànshì)
Croatian: laboràtōrij hr(hr) m.
Czech: laboratoř cs(cs) f.
Dutch: laboratorium nl(nl) n.
Finnish: laboratorio fi(fi)
French: laboratoire fr(fr) m.
German: Labor de(de) n., Laboratorium de(de) n.
Greek: εργαστήριο el(el) (ergastério) m.
Hungarian: laboratórium hu(hu)
Icelandic: rannsóknarstofu is(is)

Irish: saotharlainne ga(ga)
Italian: laboratorio it(it) m.
Japanese: 実験室 ja(ja) (じっけんしつ, jikkenshitsu)
Korean: 연구소 ko(ko) (yeonguso)
Persian: آزمایشگاه fa(fa) (âzmâyešgâh)
Polish: laboratorium pl(pl) n.
Portuguese: laboratório pt(pt) m.
Romanian: laborator ro(ro) m.
Russian: лаборатория ru(ru) (laboratórija) f.
Sotho: serupa st(st)
Spanish: laboratorio es(es)
Swahili: maabara sw(sw)
Swedish: laboratorium sv(sv) n.
Thai: ห้องปฏิบัติการ th(th) (haawngbpadtibatgaan)
Turkish: laboratuvar tr(tr)
Vietnamese: phòng thí nghiệm vi vi(vi)

place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured

Albanian: laborator sq(sq)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 研究室 cmn(cmn) (yánjiūshì)
Croatian: laboràtōrij hr(hr) m.
Czech: laboratoř cs(cs) f.
Dutch: laboratorium nl(nl) n.
Finnish: laboratorio fi(fi)
French: laboratoire fr(fr) m.
German: Labor de(de) n., Laboratorium de(de) n.
Icelandic: rannsóknarstofu is(is)

Italian: laboratorio it(it) m.
Japanese: 研究所 ja(ja) (けんきゅうじょ, kenkyūjo) m.
Korean: 실험실. ko(ko) (silheomsil)
Polish: laboratorium pl(pl) n.
Romanian: laborator ro(ro) m.
Russian: лаборатория ru(ru) (laboratórija) f.
Swedish: laboratorium sv(sv) n.
Thai: ห้องทดลอง th(th) (haawngthohtlaawng)
Turkish: laboratuvar tr(tr)
Vietnamese: phòng thí nghiệm vi(vi)

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Maltese: laboratorju
Scottish Gaelic: deuchainn-lann f.
Telugu: ప్రయోగశాల (prayOgaSaala)

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