laboratoire
French edit
Alternative forms edit
- labo (clipping)
Etymology edit
From Latin labōrō (“to labor”) (supine stem labōrāt-) + -oire (suffix forming masculine nouns).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laboratoire m (plural laboratoires)
- laboratory [from 1620]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “laboratoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “laboratoire” in Universalis.