Laboratory

English

Noun

laboratory (plural: laboratories)

1. a room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis
2. a place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured

Adjectives for Laboratory

destructive; stupendous; metallurgical.

Verbs for Laboratory

dissect in—; emit from—; employ in—; establish—; experiment in—; inspect—; investigate in—; lecture in—; manufacture in—; prepare in—; rig out—; stock—; test in—; tinker in—; turn out of—; verify in—; work in—; —discloses; —nauseates; — reeks of; —discovers.

Thesaurus

research establishment, research installation, research laboratory, semi-private room, surgery, therapy, think tank, treatment room, ward, X ray, blood bank, charity ward, clinic, consultation room, delivery room, dispensary, emergency, examining room, fever ward, hospital room, intensive care, isolation, lab, labor room, maternity ward, nursery, operating room, pharmacy, prison ward, private room, proving ground, recovery room,

Etymology

From medieval Latin 'laboratorium'.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˈlæbɹəˌtɔɹi/, IPA: /ləˈbɔɹəˌtɔɹi/ or IPA: /ləˈbɔɹətɹi/
• (UK) IPA: /ləˈbɒɹət(ə)ɹiː/

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• (US) IPA: /ˈlæbɹɪˌtɔɹi/

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Translations

room, building or institution equipped for scientific research

Afrikaans: laboratorium (af) Albanian: laborator (sq) Arabic: معمل (ar) (má3mal) m. Armenian: լաբորատորիա (hy) (laboratoria) Azeri: laboratoriya (az) Bulgarian: лаборатория (bg) (laboratoriǎ) f. Catalan: laboratori (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 實驗室 (cmn), 实验室 (cmn) (shíyànshì) Crimean Tatar: laboratoriya Croatian: laboràtōrij (hr) m. Czech: laboratoř (cs) f. Dutch: laboratorium (nl) n. Esperanto: laboratorio (eo), esplorejo (eo) Finnish: laboratorio (fi) French: laboratoire (fr) m. German: Labor (de) n., Laboratorium (de) n. Greek: εργαστήριο (el) (ergastério) m. Hungarian: laboratórium (hu) Icelandic: rannsóknarstofu (is)

Ido: laboratorio (io) Irish: saotharlainne (ga) Italian: laboratorio (it) m. Japanese: 実験室 (ja) (じっけんしつ, jikkenshitsu) Korean: 실험실.  (ko) (silheomsil) Malay: makmal (ms) Persian: آزمایشگاه (fa) (âzmâyešgâh) Polish: laboratorium (pl) n. Portuguese: laboratório (pt) m. Romanian: laborator (ro) m. Russian: лаборатория (ru) (laboratórija) f. Scottish Gaelic: deuchainn-lann (gd) m., obair-lann (gd) m. Sotho: serupa (st) Spanish: laboratorio (es) Swahili: maabara (sw) Swedish: laboratorium (sv) n. Thai: ห้องปฏิบัติการ (th) (haawngbpadtibatgaan) Turkish: laboratuvar (tr) Vietnamese: phòng thí nghiệm vi (vi)

place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured

Albanian: laborator (sq) Armenian: լաբորատորիա (hy) (laboratoria) Azeri: laboratoriya (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 研究室 (cmn) (yánjiūshì) Crimean Tatar: laboratoriya Croatian: laboràtōrij (hr) m. Czech: laboratoř (cs) f. Dutch: laboratorium (nl) n. Finnish: laboratorio (fi) French: laboratoire (fr) m. German: Labor (de) n., Laboratorium (de) n. Icelandic: rannsóknarstofu (is)

Ido: laboratorio (io) Italian: laboratorio (it) m. Japanese: 研究所 (ja) (けんきゅうじょ, kenkyūjo) m. Korean: 연구소 (ko) (yeonguso) Polish: laboratorium (pl) n. Romanian: laborator (ro) m. Russian: лаборатория (ru) (laboratórija) f. Scottish Gaelic: obair-lann (gd) m. Swedish: laboratorium (sv) n. Thai: ห้องทดลอง (th) (haawngthohtlaawng) Turkish: laboratuvar (tr) Vietnamese: phòng thí nghiệm (vi)