English

Noun

Lab ‎(plural Labs)

1. Labrador (a breed of dog)

Proper noun

Lab

1. (Britain, politics) Labour

Anagrams

• alb, BLA, lab

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lap/
• Rhymes: -aːp

Noun

Lab n ‎(genitive Labs, plural Labe)

1. rennet

English

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) A Labrador retriever.

Translations

Derived terms

• lab rat

Etymology 2

Noun

lab ‎(plural labs)

1. (obsolete) A telltale; a blabber.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Anagrams

• alb
• BLA

Albanian

Etymology

Unclear. Historically the inhabitants of the Labëria region. Compare Labeati ^[1], 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').

Proper noun

lab ?

1. southern Albanian

Related terms

• Labëria
• arbër

References

1. ↑ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 172, "...area, including Oaneum on a river Aratus, which controlled the route leading west to the kingdom of Gentius among the Labeates around Vlora (Valona)here is in real the Labeates not in Shkodra,this part these pieces of land are called again today Labëria (Labeati)."

Danish

Noun

lab c (singular definite labben, plural indefinite labber)

1. paw

Inflection

Verb

lab

1. imperative of labbe

Dutch

Alternative forms

• labo

Etymology

Short for laboratorium

Noun

lab n ‎(plural labs, diminutive labje n)

1. (Netherlands) lab

Lojban

Rafsi

lab

1. rafsi of blabi.