lab

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

Noun

lab (plural labs)

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (colloquial) A Labrador retriever.

Derived terms

• lab rat

Translations

laboratory — see laboratory

labrador

• Finnish: labbis

Etymology 2

Noun

lab (plural labs)

1. (obsolete) A telltale; a blabber.

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Anagrams

• Abl., Alb., BAL, BLA, abl., alb

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Albanian

Etymology

Unclear. Historically the inhabitants of the Labëria region. Compare *Labeati , 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 ?

1. southern Albanian

Related terms

• Labëria
• arbër

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Danish

Noun

lab c (singular definite labben, plural indefinite labber)

1. paw

Inflection

Declension of lab

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

Verb

lab

1. imperative of labbe

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• labo

Etymology

Short for laboratorium

Noun

lab n (plural labs, diminutive labje n)

1. (Netherlands) lab

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Lojban

Rafsi

lab

1. rafsi of blabi.