Initialism ofEnglishLinearA withb as a placeholder.
lab
- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forLinear A.
Clipping oflaboratory, fromlabor +-ate +-ory.
lab (plurallabs)
- (colloquial) Alaboratory.
1962, “Monster Mash”,Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers:I was working in thelab late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my monster, from his slab, began to rise
And suddenly, to my surprise
He did the Mash
He did the Monster Mash.
2014, Jeff Jacobson,Growth, page23:A man dressed as alab 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.
2023 August 2, Ben Tinker, Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, “New director named at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases after Fauci’s retirement”, inCNN[1]:The NIAID supports projects at universities and research organizations around the United States as well as a network of 21 NIAIDlabs across the country.
2025 March 28, Andrea Fox, “Lab critical to medical device development 'DOGEd'”, inHealthcare IT News[2]:Since thelab has been "doged," a petition posted to Change.org by Evgeny Stambulchik asked for signatures to oppose the layoff of the NIST Atomic Spectroscopy Group and has garnered 2,500 signatures as of reporting time. There is also a campaign website.
- (colloquial)Laboratoryexperiment,test,investigation orresult.
I dropped my mixture while doing mylab, so I had to start over.
Clipping ofLabrador retriever.
lab (plurallabs)
- (colloquial) ALabrador retriever.
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- IPA(key): /ˈlab/ [ˈlʌb]
- Hyphenation:lab
láb m (plurallabwá f)
- side(of a body)
| Declension ofláb |
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| absolutive | láb |
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| predicative | láaba |
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| subjective | láb |
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| genitive | labtí |
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Cognate withSaholab.
- IPA(key): /ˈlab/ [ˈlʌb]
- Hyphenation:lab
láb m
- (in compounds)male
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “lab”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London,→ISBN, page153
lab m (labe, f.)
- southernAlbanian (male)
- (male person fromLabëri(“land of lab”),Labëria(“the land of lab”))
- ^Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,→ISBN, 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)."
- ^Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “lab”, inAlbanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill,→ISBN, pages208-9
Cognate ofSwedishlabb(“paw”).
lab c (singular definitelabben,plural indefinitelabber)
- paw
lab
- imperative oflabbe
Clipping oflaboratorium.
lab n (plurallabs,diminutivelabje n)
- (Netherlands)lab
Cognate withBurmeseလှုပ်(hlup).
lab
- tomove; tostir.
- Dr. Ola Hanson,A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).
lab
- wing
- Rhymes:-abi
- Hyphenation:lab
lab m (plurallabs)
- (chiefly universityslang)clipping oflaboratório(“lab”)
2007 October, Joseli Schwambach, “AGRADECIMENTOS”, inRizogênese adventíca emEucalyptus globulus Labill eArabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh, Porto Alegre: UFRGS,unnumbered page:Muito do que foi feito aconteceu com a ajuda de vocês (seja lavando vidros nolab, buscando plantas no horto ou ouvindo minhas reclamações e idéias).- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
Borrowed fromPersianلاف(lâf). Cognate toGagauz andTurkishlaf,Turkmenlāp.
- (Xunhua, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang)IPA(key): /lɑb/
lab (3rd person possessivelabı,plurallablar)
- boasting,bragging,airytalk
Bar voselab vur vomes, yox vose gıñnan vomes.- You shouldn'tbrag when you are rich, you shouldn't be ashamed of being poor.
- 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “lab”, in撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary],成都:四川民族出版社,→ISBN, page54
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “lab”, inAn Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo,→ISBN, page138
- 进锋张 [Ayso Cañ Cinfen] (2008),乌璐别格 [Ulubeğ],鄭初陽 [Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ], editors,撒拉尔谚语 [Salar İbret Sözler,Salar Proverbs][4], China Salar Youth League, page58
- Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “lab”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor,撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing,→ISBN, page169
- 马伟 (Ma Wei) (2016), “lab”, in濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 青海师范大学 (Qinghai Normal University), Unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page46
- IPA(key): /ˈlab/[ˈlaβ̞]
- Rhymes:-ab
- Syllabification:lab
lab m (plurallabs)
- lab(laboratory)
FromChinese蠟 (MC lap, “wax; candle”).
lab (Sawndip forms曪or腊,1957–1982 spellinglab)
- candle
FromChinese臘 (MC lap, “cured meat”).
lab (Sawndip forms曪or腊,1957–1982 spellinglab)
- tocure (meat) bydrying orsmoking
lab (Sawndip forms曪or腊,1957–1982 spellinglab)
- cured;dried;smoked
