"laboratory" in seven languages
Meaninglaboratory
Spanish
laboratorio
/laboɾaˈtoɾjo/
masc.learned
French
laboratoire
/labɔʁatwaʁ/
masc.learned
Usually clipped to labo.
Italian
laboratorio
/laboraˈtɔrjo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
laboratório
/laboɾaˈtɔɾju/
masc.learned
Romanian
laborator
/laboraˈtor/
neut.borrowed · French laboratoire
Catalan
laboratori
/ləbuɾəˈtɔɾi/
masc.learned
English
laboratory
/ˈlæbɹətɔɹi/
from Latin/French · Medieval Latin laboratorium
Usually clipped to lab.
English → ItalianlaboratorylaboratorioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
LABŌRĀTŌRIUM (Medieval Latin)‘workplace (LABŌRĀRE 'to work')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A medieval coinage from LABŌRĀRE 'to toil': a place where work is done. English lab and French labo are the everyday clips.
English relatives: labor, elaborate, collaborate
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In a sentence
- esTrabaja en un laboratorio.
- frElle travaille dans un laboratoire.
- itLavora in un laboratorio.
- ptEla trabalha em um laboratório.
- roLucrează într-un laborator.
- caTreballa en un laboratori.
- enShe works in a laboratory.
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