labo

Dutch

Alternative forms

• lab

Etymology

Short for laboratorium

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: la‧bo

Noun

labo n (plural labo's, diminutive labootje n)

1. (Belgium) lab

French

Etymology

Clipping of laboratoire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.bo/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

labo m (plural labos)

1. (informal) lab (laboratory)

Anagrams

• loba

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, be weak”) (reconstructed by de Vaan as *(s)leh₂b-). Cognate with lābor, English sleep.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.boː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bo/,

Verb

labō (present infinitive labāre, perfect active labāvī, supine labātum); first conjugation

1. to totter, wobble
2. to waver or decline
3. to slip past, slide by, glide by
4. to give way (to)

Conjugation

References

• “labo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “labo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• labo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Adjective

labo

1. inflection of labais:
   1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Lindu

Noun

labo

1. container for drinking water

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

labo f

1. vocative singular of labă

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

labo

1. these; class 2 distal demonstrative.

Swazi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

labo

1. these; class 2 distal demonstrative.

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaboʔ/,
• Hyphenation: la‧bo

Noun

labò (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)

1. turbidity (of liquid)

   Synonyms: labog, labusaw

   Antonyms: linaw, kalinawan

2. dimness (of light or one's eyesight)

   Synonyms: lamlam, dilim, kadiliman

3. ambiguity; obscurity (of meaning of a word)

   Synonyms: pagkadi-maunawaan, pagkadi-maintindihan

4. uncertainty; doubtfulness

   Synonym: kawalang-katiyakan

5. lack of understanding; unintelligibility

   Synonyms: di-pagkaunawa, alimim

6. lack of proper inking or coloring (as in print)

   Synonyms: pusyaw, kapusyawan

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /laˈboʔ/,
• Hyphenation: la‧bo

Adjective

labô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)

1. made turbid (of liquid)

   Synonyms: malabo, kulabo

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /laˈbo/,
• Hyphenation: la‧bo

Noun

labó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)

1. sponginess (of earth or soil)

   Synonym: yabo

2. mellowness to the taste; sponginess of consistency (of some fruits, tubers, cereals, etc.)

   Synonym: yabo

Derived terms

Pronunciation 4

• IPA^(key): /ˈlabo/,
• Hyphenation: la‧bo

Noun

labo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)

1. a species of banana
2. (obsolete) noisy, disorderly, and jubilant gathering of people

Derived terms

• labulabo

See also

• saging

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /láːɓo/

Pronoun

labo

1. those; class 2 distal demonstrative.

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “laɓo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “laɓo (3.9)”