name
Meaning 1
a language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
label
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, UK, US: /ˈleɪ.bəl/
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Canada, UK, US: [ˈleɪ.bɫ̩]
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British, Southern, Standard: [ˈlɛj.b(ə)ɫ]
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Canada: [ˈleː.b(ə)ɫ]
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Australian: /ˈlæɪ.bəl/
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Australian: [ˈlæɪ.bɫ̩]
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rhymes with -eɪbəl
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CMU ARPABET: L EY1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.
- The label says this silk scarf should not be washed in the washing machine.
- Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sign, tag, ticket
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: category, pigeonhole
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A company that sells records.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: record label
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- Storage devices can be given by label or ID.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lambel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A tassel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 9
A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 10
A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 11
A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 12
The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 13
In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 14
A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 15
To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 16
To give (a label) to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, ditransitive
Examples
- He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 17
To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
Meaning 18
To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 19
trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recording label
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trade name, brand name, brand, marque
noun
Meaning 20
a brief description given for purposes of identification
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: description
noun
Meaning 21
an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marker, marking, mark
Narrower terms: gummed label, sticker, paster, tag, ticket, title bar
noun
Meaning 22
a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: radioisotope
verb
Meaning 23
distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
verb
Meaning 24
distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
verb
Meaning 25
pronounce judgment on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They labeled him unfit to work here
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pronounce, judge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: declare, adjudge, hold
Narrower terms: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate, convict, tout, rule, find, qualify, disqualify, intonate, intone
verb
Meaning 26
assign a label to; designate with a label
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- These students were labelled `learning disabled'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: designate, denominate
Narrower terms: call, address, direct, name, stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark
verb
Meaning 27
attach a tag or label to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- label these bottles
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tag, mark
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attach
Narrower terms: brand, trademark, brandmark, point, calibrate, code, badge
History
Etymology
From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (Modern French lambeau), from Frankish *lappā (“torn piece of cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *lappǭ, *lappô (“cloth stuff, rag, scraps, flap, dewlap, lobe, rabbit ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“rag, piece of cloth”), Old English læppa (“skirt, flap of a garment”). More at lap.
Across languages
Translations
202 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: etiketë — small ticket or sign giving information
- Arabic: مُلْصَق (mulṣaq) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Arabic: بِطَاقَة (biṭāqa) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Arabic: يَافْطَة (yāfṭa) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Armenian: պիտակ (pitak) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Azerbaijani: yarlıq — small ticket or sign giving information
- Azerbaijani: etiket — small ticket or sign giving information
- Belarusian: этыке́тка (etykjétka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Belarusian: нале́пка (naljépka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Belarusian: ярлы́к (jarlýk) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Belarusian: бі́рка (bírka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Bengali: লেবেল (lebel) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Bulgarian: етике́т (etikét) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Burmese: ကပ်တံဆိပ် (kaptamhcip) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Burmese: တံဆိပ် (tamhcip) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Catalan: etiqueta — small ticket or sign giving information
- Chinese Mandarin: 標籤 /标签 (biāoqiān) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Chinese Mandarin: 簽條 /签条 (qiāntiáo) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Czech: štítek — small ticket or sign giving information
- Czech: etiketa — small ticket or sign giving information
- Czech: značka — small ticket or sign giving information
- Danish: etiket — small ticket or sign giving information
- Dutch: etiket — small ticket or sign giving information
- Dutch: label — small ticket or sign giving information
- Esperanto: etikedo — small ticket or sign giving information
- Estonian: etikett — small ticket or sign giving information
- Finnish: etiketti — small ticket or sign giving information
- Finnish: lappu — small ticket or sign giving information
- Finnish: merkki — small ticket or sign giving information
- French: étiquette — small ticket or sign giving information
- French: libellé — small ticket or sign giving information
- Galician: bitafe — small ticket or sign giving information
- Galician: rollo — small ticket or sign giving information
- Galician: tíduo — small ticket or sign giving information
- Galician: letreiro — small ticket or sign giving information
- Galician: etiqueta — small ticket or sign giving information
- Georgian: ეტიკეტი (eṭiḳeṭi) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Georgian: იარლიყი (iarliq̇i) — small ticket or sign giving information
- German: Etikett — small ticket or sign giving information
- German: Etikette — small ticket or sign giving information
- German: Beschriftung — small ticket or sign giving information
- German: Aufschrift — small ticket or sign giving information
- Greek: ετικέτα (etikéta) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Greek: επιγραφή (epigrafí) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Hebrew: תָּגִית (tagit) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Hindi: लेबल (lebal) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Hungarian: címke — small ticket or sign giving information
- Icelandic: merkimiði — small ticket or sign giving information
- Ido: etiketo — small ticket or sign giving information
- Indonesian: label — small ticket or sign giving information
- Indonesian: etiket — small ticket or sign giving information
- Interlingua: etiquetta — small ticket or sign giving information
- Italian: etichetta — small ticket or sign giving information
- Japanese: 荷札 (nifuda) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Japanese: 貼り札 (harifuda) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Japanese: 貼り紙 (harigami) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Japanese: ラベル (raberu) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Japanese: 札 (fuda) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Kazakh: құлақша (qūlaqşa) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Kazakh: затбелгі (zatbelgı) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Kazakh: заттаңба (zattañba) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Kazakh: жапсырма (japsyrma) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Khmer: ស្លាក (slaak) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Korean: 라벨 (rabel) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Korean: 레이블 (reibeul) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Kyrgyz: этикетка (etiketka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Kyrgyz: наклейка (nakleyka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Lao: ສລາກ (sa lāk) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Latin: pittacium — small ticket or sign giving information
- Latvian: etiķete — small ticket or sign giving information
- Latvian: zīmīte — small ticket or sign giving information
- Lithuanian: žymė — small ticket or sign giving information
- Lithuanian: etiketė — small ticket or sign giving information
- Macedonian: етике́та (etikéta) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Macedonian: налепница (nalepnica) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Malay: label — small ticket or sign giving information
- Māori: tapanga — small ticket or sign giving information
- Norwegian: etikett — small ticket or sign giving information
- Norwegian Bokmål: merkelapp — small ticket or sign giving information
- Norwegian Nynorsk: merkelapp — small ticket or sign giving information
- Dari: لیبَل (lēbal) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Iranian Persian: بَرْچَسْب (barčasb) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Iranian Persian: اِتیکِت (etiket) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Iranian Persian: لِیبِل (leybel) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Polish: etykieta — small ticket or sign giving information
- Polish: metka — small ticket or sign giving information
- Polish: nalepka — small ticket or sign giving information
- Portuguese: etiqueta — small ticket or sign giving information
- Portuguese: rótulo — small ticket or sign giving information
- Romanian: etichetă — small ticket or sign giving information
- Russian: ярлы́к (jarlýk) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Russian: этике́тка (etikétka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Russian: накле́йка (nakléjka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Russian: би́рка (bírka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Russian: лейбл (lɛjbl) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Serbo-Croatian: налепница — small ticket or sign giving information
- Serbo-Croatian: етике́та — small ticket or sign giving information
- Serbo-Croatian: nalepnica — small ticket or sign giving information
- Serbo-Croatian: etikéta — small ticket or sign giving information
- Slovak: štítok — small ticket or sign giving information
- Slovak: etiketa — small ticket or sign giving information
- Slovene: etiketa — small ticket or sign giving information
- Slovene: nalepka — small ticket or sign giving information
- Lower Sorbian: napis — small ticket or sign giving information
- Spanish: etiqueta — small ticket or sign giving information
- Spanish: rótulo — small ticket or sign giving information
- Spanish: marbete — small ticket or sign giving information
- Spanish: rotulata — small ticket or sign giving information
- Spanish: marchamo — small ticket or sign giving information
- Spanish: label — small ticket or sign giving information
- Spanish: signatura — small ticket or sign giving information
- Swedish: etikett — small ticket or sign giving information
- Tajik: ёрлиқ (yorliq) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Tajik: ярлиқ (yarliq) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Tajik: тамғакоғаз (tamġakoġaz) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Tajik: тамға (tamġa) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Thai: ฉลาก (chà-làak) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Turkish: etiket — small ticket or sign giving information
- Ukrainian: етике́тка (etykétka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Ukrainian: ярли́к (jarlýk) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Ukrainian: на́ліпка (nálipka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Ukrainian: накле́йка (nakléjka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Ukrainian: на́клейка (náklejka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Ukrainian: би́рка (býrka) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Urdu: لیبَل (lebal) — small ticket or sign giving information
- Uzbek: yorliq — small ticket or sign giving information
- Uzbek: etiketka — small ticket or sign giving information
- Vietnamese: nhãn — small ticket or sign giving information
- Welsh: label — small ticket or sign giving information
- Bulgarian: етике́т (etikét) — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Catalan: etiqueta — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Czech: nálepka — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Dutch: etiket — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Finnish: leima — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- French: étiquette — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- French: case — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- French: catégorie — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Greek: τίτλος (títlos) — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Hebrew: תָּג (tág) — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Malay: label — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Iranian Persian: بَرْچَسْب (barčasb) — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Polish: etykietka — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Portuguese: rótulo — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Russian: ярлы́к (jarlýk) — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Russian: клеймо́ (klejmó) — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Swedish: beteckning — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Swedish: etikett — name categorising something or someone as part of a group
- Bulgarian: етикетирам (etiketiram) — put a ticket or sign on
- Catalan: etiquetar — put a ticket or sign on
- Czech: označit — put a ticket or sign on
- Dutch: etiketteren — put a ticket or sign on
- Dutch: etiketten aanbrengen — put a ticket or sign on
- Dutch: prijzen — put a ticket or sign on
- Finnish: laputtaa — put a ticket or sign on
- French: étiqueter — put a ticket or sign on
- Galician: etiquetar — put a ticket or sign on
- German: etikettieren — put a ticket or sign on
- German: einordnen (abstrakt) — put a ticket or sign on
- Greek: κολλάω ετικέτα (kolláo etikéta) — put a ticket or sign on
- Ido: etiketizar — put a ticket or sign on
- Italian: etichettare — put a ticket or sign on
- Malay: label — put a ticket or sign on
- Māori: tapa — put a ticket or sign on
- Persian: برچسب زدن (barčasb zadan) — put a ticket or sign on
- Polish: etykietować — put a ticket or sign on
- Portuguese: etiquetar — put a ticket or sign on
- Portuguese: rotular — put a ticket or sign on
- Romanian: eticheta — put a ticket or sign on
- Russian: накле́ивать ярлыки́ (nakléivatʹ jarlykí) — put a ticket or sign on
- Spanish: etiquetar — put a ticket or sign on
- Spanish: rotular — put a ticket or sign on
- Spanish: etiquetear — put a ticket or sign on
- Swedish: etikettera — put a ticket or sign on
- Swedish: märka — put a ticket or sign on
- Catalan: etiquetar — give a label to in order to categorise
- Dutch: bestempelen — give a label to in order to categorise
- Dutch: categoriseren — give a label to in order to categorise
- Esperanto: etikedi — give a label to in order to categorise
- Finnish: leimata — give a label to in order to categorise
- French: étiqueter — give a label to in order to categorise
- French: catégoriser — give a label to in order to categorise
- French: classer — give a label to in order to categorise
- German: etikettieren — give a label to in order to categorise
- Greek: τιτλοφορώ (titloforó) — give a label to in order to categorise
- Greek: κατατάσσω σε (katatásso se) — give a label to in order to categorise
- Greek: βαφτίζω (vaftízo) — give a label to in order to categorise
- Italian: classificare — give a label to in order to categorise
- Italian: bollare — give a label to in order to categorise
- Italian: definire — give a label to in order to categorise
- Malay: label — give a label to in order to categorise
- Norwegian: merke — give a label to in order to categorise
- Persian: برچسب زدن (barčasb zadan) — give a label to in order to categorise
- Polish: etykietować — give a label to in order to categorise
- Portuguese: classificar — give a label to in order to categorise
- Romanian: eticheta — give a label to in order to categorise
- Romanian: categorisi — give a label to in order to categorise
- Russian: ве́шать ярлыки́ (véšatʹ jarlykí) — give a label to in order to categorise
- Russian: клейми́ть (klejmítʹ) — give a label to in order to categorise
- Spanish: tildar de — give a label to in order to categorise
- Spanish: etiquetar de / como — give a label to in order to categorise
- Swedish: beteckna — give a label to in order to categorise
- Swedish: etikettera — give a label to in order to categorise
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