Labrador

See also: labrador

English

Etymology

Eponym of Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), ultimately from Latin labor (“work”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔː(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔɹ/

Proper noun

Labrador

1. The mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in Eastern Canada.
2. (chiefly historical) The geographical region including Labrador in sense 1, as well as neighbouring regions of what is now the province of Quebec.

Derived terms

• Labradorian
• Labrador duck
• Labrador feldspar
• labradorite
• Labrador lung
• Labrador stone
• Labrador tea
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Lab, Lab. (abbreviation)

Translations

mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 拉布拉多 (laai¹ bou³ laai¹ do¹)

  Mandarin: 拉布拉多 (zh) (Lābùlāduō)

• Finnish: Labrador (fi)
• Greek: Λαμπραντόρ n (Lamprantór)
• Hindi: लैब्राडोर m (laibrāḍor)
• Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑦᓱᐊᒃ (nunatsuak)

• Irish: Labradar m
• Macedonian: Лабрадор m (Labrador)
• Ottoman Turkish: لابرادور‎
• Polish: Labrador (pl) m
• Portuguese: Labrador m
• Russian: Лабрадо́р (ru) m (Labradór)
• Spanish: Labrador m

mainly historical geographical region

• Finnish: Labrador (fi)
• Hindi: लैब्राडोर m (laibrāḍor)
• Irish: Leithinis Labradar f

• Macedonian: Лабрадор m (Labrador)
• Spanish: Labrador m

Dog breed

• Danish: labrador
• Finnish: labradorinnoutaja (fi)
• Hebrew: לַבְּרָדוֹר‎ (he) m (labrador)
• Hindi: लैब्राडोर m (laibrāḍor)
• Irish: labradór m
• Lithuanian: labradoro retriveris m

• Macedonian: лабрадор m (labrador)
• Portuguese: labrador (pt)
• Russian: лабрадо́р (ru) m (labradór)
• Spanish: labrador (es) m or f

See also

• Newfoundland and Labrador

Noun

Labrador (plural Labradors)

1. Short for Labrador retriever.

Further reading

• Newfoundland and Labrador on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• larboard

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Labrador, which is an eponym of Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, derived from Latin labor (“work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑbrɑdor/, [ˈlɑbrɑdo̞r]
• Rhymes: -ɑbrɑdor
• Syllabification: Lab‧ra‧dor

Proper noun

Labrador

1. Labrador

Declension

Inflection of Labrador (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Labrador	—
genitive		Labradorin	—
partitive		Labradoria	—
illative		Labradoriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Labrador	—
accusative	nom.	Labrador	—
	gen.	Labradorin
genitive		Labradorin	—
partitive		Labradoria	—
inessive		Labradorissa	—
elative		Labradorista	—
illative		Labradoriin	—
adessive		Labradorilla	—
ablative		Labradorilta	—
allative		Labradorille	—
essive		Labradorina	—
translative		Labradoriksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Labradoritta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Labrador (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Labradorini	Labradorimme
2nd person	Labradorisi	Labradorinne
3rd person	Labradorinsa

Derived terms

labradorläinen

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Labrador, which is an eponym of Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, derived from Latin labor (“work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.bʁa.dɔʁ/

Proper noun

Labrador ?

1. Labrador, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (“Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador”).
2. (chiefly historical) Labrador, the area of the Atlantic watershed of the Quebec peninsula, bounded to the south by the watershed of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to the north by the watershed of Ungava Bay, to the west by the watershed of Hudson Bay
3. Labrador, a breed of dog.

Derived terms

• Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
• Labradorien
• labradorien

References

• Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Labrador, from Portuguese Lavrador (“João Fernandes Lavrador, Portuguese explorer”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌla.bɾa.ˈdoʁ/
• Homophones: labrador, lavrador (Norte of Portugal)

Proper noun

Labrador m

1. Labrador (mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)

Noun

Labrador m (plural Labradores)

1. Alternative letter-case form of labrador

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Labrador, which is an eponym of Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, derived from Latin labor (“work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labɾaˈdoɾ/, [la.β̞ɾaˈð̞oɾ]

Proper noun

Labrador m

1. Labrador (mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)

Derived terms

• labradoriano
• Terranova y Labrador

References

“Labrador” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.