labrador

See also: Labrador

English

Etymology

Named after Labrador Peninsula in Canada where the breed was developed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlæb.ɹə.dɔː(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæb.ɹə.dɔɹ/

Noun

labrador (plural labradors)

1. A Labrador retriever.

Derived terms

• Boxador
• Labradane

Anagrams

• larboard

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English labrador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːbraːdɔr/

• Audio:

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Noun

labrador m (plural labradors, no diminutive)

1. labrador, Labrador retriever
2. (geology) labradorite

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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Noun

labrador m (plural labradors)

1. labrador

Further reading

• “labrador”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lavrador, from Latin labōrātor, labōrātorem, equivalent to labrar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laβɾaˈðoɾ]

Noun

labrador m (plural labradores, feminine labradora, feminine plural labradoras)

1. peasant, farmer

   Synonym: labrego

Related terms

• labor
• laboría
• labrar
• labrego

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “laurador”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “labrador”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “labrador”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “labrador”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “labrador”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Polish

Etymology

From Labrador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈbra.dɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -adɔr
• Syllabification: la‧bra‧dor

Noun

labrador m animal

1. Labrador retriever
2. labradorite

Declension

Declension of labrador

	singular	plural
nominative	labrador	labradory
genitive	labradora	labradorów
dative	labradorowi	labradorom
accusative	labradora	labradory
instrumental	labradorem	labradorami
locative	labradorze	labradorach
vocative	labradorze	labradory

Further reading

• labrador in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• labrador in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Named after Labrador in Canada. Doublet of lavrador and laborador.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.bɾaˈdoʁ/ [la.bɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.bɾaˈdoʁ/ [la.bɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /la.bɾaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /la.bɾaˈdoʁ/ [la.bɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /la.bɾaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.bɾɐˈdoɾ/ [lɐ.βɾɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.bɾɐˈdoɾ/ [lɐ.βɾɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.bɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [lɐ.βɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Homophones: Labrador, lavrador (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: la‧bra‧dor

Noun

labrador m (plural labradores, feminine labradora, feminine plural labradoras)

1. Labrador (dog breed)

Further reading

• “labrador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English labrador or French labrador.

Noun

labrador m (plural labradori)

1. labrador (dog)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	labrador	labradorul	labradori	labradorii
genitive-dative	labrador	labradorului	labradori	labradorilor
vocative	labradorule		labradorilor

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish labrador, from Latin labōrātorem, equivalent to labrar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labɾaˈdoɾ/ [la.β̞ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: la‧bra‧dor

Noun

labrador m (plural labradores, feminine labradora, feminine plural labradoras)

1. farmer, husbandman
2. ellipsis of Labrador retriever (“Labrador (retriever)”)
3. (rare) worker, laborer

Related terms

• labor
• labrar
• Labrador, Labrador retriever

Further reading

• “labrador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025