noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ləˈbɒɹət(ə)ɹi/
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UK:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Scotland:/ləˈbɔɹətɹe/
Scotland:/-tɹɪ/
Scotland:/-tɹi/
US:/ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Canada:/ˈlæbɹəˌtɔɹi/
Canada:/ləˈbɔɹəˌtɔɹi/
Canada:/ləˈbɔɹətɹi/
New-Zealand:/ləˈbɔɹətɹiː/
New-Zealand:/ˈlɛbɹəˌtoːɹiː/
Philippines:/laboɾaˈtoɾi/
Philippines:[lɐ.bo.ɾɐˈt̪oː.ɾɪ]
Philippines:/ˈlabɾatoɾi/
Philippines:[ˌlab.ɾɐ.t̪oˈɾɪ]
CMU ARPABET:L AE1 B R AH0 T AO2 R IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lab, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory
a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories
Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: testing ground
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: region
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin labor Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin labōrō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Late Latin labōrātor Medieval Latin labōrātōrius Medieval Latin labōrātōriumbor. English laboratory Borrowed from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium.
Across languages
Translations
201 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
laboratorium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Albanian:
laborator
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Arabic:
مَعْمَل
(maʕmal)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Arabic:
مُخْتَبَر
(muḵtabar)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Aragonese:
laboratorio
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Armenian:
լաբորատորիա
(laboratoria)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Asturian:
llaboratoriu
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Azerbaijani:
laboratoriya
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Belarusian:
лабарато́рыя
(labaratóryja)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Bengali:
পরীক্ষাগার
(porikkhagar)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Bulgarian:
лаборато́рия
(laboratórija)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Burmese:
ဓာတ်ခွဲခန်း
(dhathkwai:hkan:)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Catalan:
laboratori
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Chinese Cantonese:
實驗室 /实验室
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Chinese Mandarin:
實驗室 /实验室
(shíyànshì)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Corsican:
laburatoriu
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Corsican:
laboratoriu
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Crimean Tatar:
laboratoriya
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Czech:
laboratoř
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Danish:
laboratorium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Dutch:
laboratorium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Dutch:
lab
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Dutch:
labo
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Esperanto:
laboratorio
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Esperanto:
esplorejo
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Estonian:
laboratoorium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Estonian:
labor
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Finnish:
laboratorio
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Finnish:
labra
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Finnish:
labbis
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
French:
laboratoire
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
North Frisian:
Laboor
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Friulian:
laboratori
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Galician:
laboratorio
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Georgian:
ლაბორატორია
(laboraṭoria)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
German:
Labor
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
German:
Laboratorium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
German:
Laborgebäude
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Greek:
εργαστήριο
(ergastírio)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Hebrew:
מַעֲבָּדָה
(ma'abadá)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Hindi:
प्रयोगशाला
(prayogśālā)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Hungarian:
laboratórium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Hungarian:
szertár
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Icelandic:
rannsóknarstofa
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Icelandic:
tilraunastofa
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Ido:
laboratorio
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Indonesian:
laboratorium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Interlingua:
laboratorio
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Irish:
saotharlann
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Italian:
laboratorio
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Japanese:
研究室
(kenkyūshitsu)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Japanese:
実験室
(jikkenshitsu)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Japanese:
ラボ
(rabo)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Kalmyk:
лаборатор
(laborator)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Kazakh:
зертхана
(zertxana)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Kazakh:
лаборатория
(laboratoriä)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Khmer:
ទីពិសោធ
(tii pisaot)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Korean:
실험실
(silheomsil)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Korean:
랩
(raep)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Northern Kurdish:
ezmûngeh
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Northern Kurdish:
labaratûwar
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Kyrgyz:
лаборатория
(laboratoriya)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Latin:
labōrātōrium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Latvian:
laboratorija
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Ligurian:
laboratöio
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Lithuanian:
laboratorija
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Lombard:
laboratori
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Macedonian:
лабораторија
(laboratorija)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Malay:
makmal
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Maltese:
laboratorju
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Marathi:
प्रयोगशाळा
(prayogśāḷā)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Mongolian:
лаборатори
(laboratori)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Norwegian Bokmål:
laboratorium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Norwegian Nynorsk:
laboratorium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Pashto:
لابراتوار
(lābrātwãr)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Pashto:
آزمايشګاه
(āzmāyéšgāh)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Iranian Persian:
آزْمایِشْگاه
(âzmâyešgâh)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Iranian Persian:
لابْراتُوار
(lâbrâtovâr)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Piedmontese:
laboratòri
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Plautdietsch:
Proowkoma
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Polish:
laboratorium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Polish:
pracownia
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Portuguese:
laboratório
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Romagnol:
laburatöri
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Romanian:
laborator
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Russian:
лаборато́рия
(laboratórija)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Scottish Gaelic:
deuchainn-lann
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Scottish Gaelic:
obair-lann
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Serbo-Croatian:
лаборато̑риј
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Serbo-Croatian:
лабораторија
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Serbo-Croatian:
laboratȏrij
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Serbo-Croatian:
laboràtōrija
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Sikkimese:
ཉམ་ཞིབ་ཁང
(nyam zhib khang)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Slovak:
laboratórium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Slovene:
laboratorij
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Lower Sorbian:
laboratorium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Lower Sorbian:
labor
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Sotho:
serupa
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Spanish:
laboratorio
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Swahili:
maabara
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Swedish:
laboratorium
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Swedish:
labb
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Swedish:
labbis
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Tagalog:
panaliksikan
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Tagalog:
laboratoryo
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Tajik:
лаборатория
(laboratoriya)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Tamil:
ஆய்வுகூடம்
(āyvukūṭam)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Tatar:
лаборатория
(laboratoriyä)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Telugu:
ప్రయోగశాల
(prayōgaśāla)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Thai:
ห้องปฏิบัติการ
(hɔ̂ng-bpà-dtì-bàt-gaan)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Turkish:
laboratuvar
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Turkmen:
laboratoriýa
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Ukrainian:
лаборато́рія
(laboratórija)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Urdu:
تَجْرِبَہ گاہ
(tajriba gāh)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Uyghur:
تەجرىبىخانا
(tejribixana)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Uyghur:
لابوراتورىيە
(laboratoriye)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Uzbek:
laboratoriya
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Vietnamese:
phòng thí nghiệm
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Welsh:
labordy
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Yiddish:
לאַבאָראַטאָריע
(laboratorye)
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Zhuang:
fuengzsaedniemh
— room, building or institution equipped for scientific research
Albanian:
laborator
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Arabic:
مُخْتَبَر
(muḵtabar)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Arabic:
مَعْمَل
(maʕmal)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Armenian:
լաբորատորիա
(laboratoria)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Azerbaijani:
laboratoriya
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Belarusian:
лабарато́рыя
(labaratóryja)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Bengali:
পরীক্ষাগার
(porikkhagar)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Bulgarian:
лаборато́рия
(laboratórija)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Burmese:
ဓာတ်ခွဲခန်း
(dhathkwai:hkan:)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Chinese Mandarin:
研究室
(yánjiūshì)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Crimean Tatar:
laboratoriya
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Czech:
laboratoř
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Danish:
laboratorium
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Dutch:
laboratorium
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Estonian:
laboratoorium
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Finnish:
laboratorio
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
French:
laboratoire
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Galician:
laboratorio
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Georgian:
ლაბორატორია
(laboraṭoria)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
German:
Labor
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
German:
Laboratorium
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
German:
Laborgebäude
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Greek:
εργαστήριο
(ergastírio)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Hebrew:
מַעְבָּדָה
(ma'badá)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Hindi:
प्रयोगशाला
(prayogśālā)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Hungarian:
laboratórium
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Icelandic:
rannsóknarstofu
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Ido:
laboratorio
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Irish:
saotharlann
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Italian:
laboratorio
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Japanese:
研究所
(kenkyūjo)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Japanese:
ラボラトリー
(raboratorī)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Kalmyk:
лаборатор
(laborator)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Kazakh:
зертхана
(zertxana)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Kazakh:
лаборатория
(laboratoriä)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Khmer:
ទីពិសោធ
(tii pisaot)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Korean:
연구실
(yeon'gusil)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Northern Kurdish:
ezmûngeh
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Northern Kurdish:
labaratûwar
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Kyrgyz:
лаборатория
(laboratoriya)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Lao:
ຫ້ອງທົດລອງ
(hǭng thot lǭng)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Latin:
labōrātōrium
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Latvian:
laboratorija
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Lithuanian:
laboratorija
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Macedonian:
лабораторија
(laboratorija)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Malay:
makmal
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Maltese:
laboratorju
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Marathi:
प्रयोगशाळा
(prayogśāḷā)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Mongolian:
лаборатори
(laboratori)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Norwegian Bokmål:
laboratorium
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Norwegian Nynorsk:
laboratorium
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Pashto:
لابراتوار
(lābrātwãr)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Pashto:
آزمايشګاه
(āzmāyéšgāh)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Iranian Persian:
آزْمایِشْگاه
(âzmâyešgâh)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Iranian Persian:
لابْراتُوار
(lâbrâtovâr)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Polish:
laboratorium
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Portuguese:
laboratório
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Romanian:
laborator
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Russian:
лаборато́рия
(laboratórija)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Scottish Gaelic:
obair-lann
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Serbo-Croatian:
лаборато̑риј
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Serbo-Croatian:
лабораторија
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Serbo-Croatian:
laboratȏrij
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Serbo-Croatian:
laboràtōrija
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Slovak:
laboratórium
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Slovene:
laboratorij
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Spanish:
laboratorio
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Swedish:
laboratorium
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Tajik:
лаборатория
(laboratoriya)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Tatar:
лаборатория
(laboratoriyä)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Thai:
ห้องทดลอง
(hɔ̂ng-tót-lɔɔng)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Turkish:
laboratuvar
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Turkmen:
laboratoriýa
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Ukrainian:
лаборато́рія
(laboratórija)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Urdu:
تَجْرِبَہ گاہ
(tajriba gāh)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Uyghur:
تەجرىبىخانا
(tejribixana)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Uyghur:
لابوراتورىيە
(laboratoriye)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Uzbek:
laboratoriya
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Vietnamese:
phòng thí nghiệm
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
Yiddish:
לאַבאָראַטאָריע
(laboratorye)
— place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured
