laboratorium

See also: Laboratorium and laboratórium

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (abbreviations) lab n, labo n

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laboratorium.

Pronunciation

• laboratorium:

  (file)

Noun

laboratorium n (plural laboratoria, diminutive laboratoriumpje n)

1. laboratory, room, building or institution equipped for scientific research or similarly specialised operations, such as production

Derived terms

• laboratoriumproef

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Latin

Etymology

From the neuter of Medieval Latin labōrātōrius (“laborable”), from Late Latin labōrātor (“worker”), from labōrātus, the perfect passive participle of labōrō (“I work”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /la.boː.raːˈtoː.ri.um/, [ɫ̪äboːräːˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.bo.raˈto.ri.um/, [läboräˈt̪ɔːrium]

Noun

labōrātōrium n (genitive labōrātōriī or labōrātōrī); second declension

1. laboratory

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	labōrātōrium	labōrātōria
Genitive	labōrātōriī labōrātōrī1	labōrātōriōrum
Dative	labōrātōriō	labōrātōriīs
Accusative	labōrātōrium	labōrātōria
Ablative	labōrātōriō	labōrātōriīs
Vocative	labōrātōrium	labōrātōria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Crimean Tatar: laboratoriya
• Dutch: laboratorium
• English: laboratory
• Finnish: laboratorio
• French: laboratoire
• German: Laboratorium
• Hungarian: laboratórium

• Italian: laboratorio
• Polish: laboratorium
• Portuguese: laboratório
• Russian: лаборатория (laboratorija)
• Serbo-Croatian: laboratorij
• Spanish: laboratorio
• Swedish: laboratorium

References

• laboratorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• laboratorium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin laboratorium

Noun

laboratorium n (definite singular laboratoriet, indefinite plural laboratorier, definite plural laboratoria or laboratoriene)

1. a laboratory

References

• “laboratorium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin laboratorium

Noun

laboratorium n (definite singular laboratoriet, indefinite plural laboratorium, definite plural laboratoria)

1. a laboratory

References

• “laboratorium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laboratorium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.bɔ.raˈtɔ.rjum/

• audio:

  (file)

Noun

laboratorium n

1. laboratory

Declension

Declension of laboratorium

	singular	plural
nominative	laboratorium	laboratoria
genitive	laboratorium	laboratoriów
dative	laboratorium	laboratoriom
accusative	laboratorium	laboratoria
instrumental	laboratorium	laboratoriami
locative	laboratorium	laboratoriach
vocative	laboratorium	laboratoria

Related terms

• laborant
• laboratoryjny

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laboratorium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lab(ʊ)raˈtuːrɪɵm/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

laboratorium n

1. a laboratory

Declension

Declension of laboratorium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	laboratorium	laboratoriet	laboratorier	laboratorierna
Genitive	laboratoriums	laboratoriets	laboratoriers	laboratoriernas

Related terms

• labb
• laboration
• laborator
• laboratorieassistent
• laborera