Lab
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Abbreviation
Noun edit
Lab (plural Labs)
- (informal) Diminutive of Labrador (a breed of dog)
Proper noun edit
Lab
- (UK politics) Abbreviation of Labour.
- (Canada) Alternative form of Lab. Abbreviation of Labrador. (a region of Canada)
Etymology 2 edit
From Serbo-Croatian Lab, from Лаб, from Thracian Alb.
Proper noun edit
Lab
Synonyms edit
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German lap, from Old High German lab, of uncertain origin. Possibly an alteration of Proto-Germanic *lubją (“sap, poison”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Lab n (strong, genitive Labs or Labes, plural Labe)
Declension edit
Declension of Lab [neuter, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Lab” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Lab” in Duden online
- “Lab” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.