Laboratory in different languages

Laboratory in Different Languages

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Laboratory


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Afrikaans
laboratorium
Albanian
laboratorike
Amharic
ላቦራቶሪ
Arabic
مختبر
Armenian
լաբորատորիա
Assamese
লেবৰেটৰী
Aymara
laboratorio ukanxa
Azerbaijani
laboratoriya
Bambara
laboratuwari la
Basque
laborategia
Belarusian
лабараторыя
Bengali
পরীক্ষাগার
Bhojpuri
प्रयोगशाला के बा
Bosnian
laboratorija
Bulgarian
лаборатория
Catalan
laboratori
Cebuano
laboratoryo
Chinese (Simplified)
实验室
Chinese (Traditional)
實驗室
Corsican
laburatoriu
Croatian
laboratorija
Czech
laboratoř
Danish
laboratorium
Dhivehi
ލެބޯޓްރީގައެވެ
Dogri
प्रयोगशाला च
Dutch
laboratorium
English
laboratory
Esperanto
laboratorio
Estonian
laboratoorium
Ewe
nudokpɔƒe
Filipino (Tagalog)
laboratoryo
Finnish
laboratorio
French
laboratoire
Frisian
laboratoarium
Galician
laboratorio
Georgian
ლაბორატორია
German
labor
Greek
εργαστήριο
Guarani
laboratorio-pe
Gujarati
પ્રયોગશાળા
Haitian Creole
laboratwa
Hausa
dakin gwaje-gwaje
Hawaiian
hale hana hoʻokolohua
Hebrew
מַעבָּדָה
Hindi
प्रयोगशाला
Hmong
chaw kuaj
Hungarian
laboratórium
Icelandic
rannsóknarstofu
Igbo
laabu
Ilocano
laboratorio
Indonesian
laboratorium
Irish
saotharlann
Italian
laboratorio
Japanese
実験室
Javanese
laboratorium
Kannada
ಪ್ರಯೋಗಾಲಯ
Kazakh
зертхана
Khmer
មន្ទីរពិសោធន៍
Kinyarwanda
laboratoire
Konkani
प्रयोगशाळेंत मेळटा
Korean
실험실
Krio
laboratori na di laboratori
Kurdish
lêkolînxane
Kurdish (Sorani)
تاقیگە
Kyrgyz
лаборатория
Lao
ຫ້ອງທົດລອງ
Latin
laboratorium
Latvian
laboratorija
Lingala
laboratoire na laboratoire
Lithuanian
laboratorija
Luganda
laboratory mu laboratory
Luxembourgish
labo
Macedonian
лабораторија
Maithili
प्रयोगशाला
Malagasy
laboratoara
Malay
makmal
Malayalam
ലബോറട്ടറി
Maltese
laboratorju
Maori
taiwhanga
Marathi
प्रयोगशाळा
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯂꯦꯕꯣꯔꯦꯇꯔꯤꯗꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ ꯌꯨ.ꯑꯦꯁ
Mizo
laboratory-ah dah a ni
Mongolian
лаборатори
Myanmar (Burmese)
စမ်းသပ်ခန်း
Nepali
प्रयोगशाला
Norwegian
laboratorium
Nyanja (Chichewa)
labotale
Odia (Oriya)
ଲାବୋରେଟୋରୀ
Oromo
laaboraatoorii keessatti argamu
Pashto
لابراتوار
Persian
آزمایشگاه
Polish
laboratorium
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
laboratório
Punjabi
ਪ੍ਰਯੋਗਸ਼ਾਲਾ
Quechua
laboratorio nisqapi
Romanian
laborator
Russian
лаборатория
Samoan
fale suesue
Sanskrit
प्रयोगशाला
Scots Gaelic
obair-lann
Sepedi
laboratori ya laboratori
Serbian
лабораторија
Sesotho
laboratori
Shona
murabhoritari
Sindhi
ليبارٽري
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
රසායනාගාරය
Slovak
laboratórium
Slovenian
laboratorij
Somali
sheybaar
Spanish
laboratorio
Sundanese
laboratorium
Swahili
maabara
Swedish
laboratorium
Tagalog (Filipino)
laboratoryo
Tajik
лаборатория
Tamil
ஆய்வகம்
Tatar
лаборатория
Telugu
ప్రయోగశాల
Thai
ห้องปฏิบัติการ
Tigrinya
ቤተ-ፈተነ
Tsonga
laboratori ya le laboratori
Turkish
laboratuar
Turkmen
barlaghana
Twi (Akan)
aduruyɛdan mu
Ukrainian
лабораторія
Urdu
لیبارٹری
Uyghur
تەجرىبىخانا
Uzbek
laboratoriya
Vietnamese
phòng thí nghiệm
Welsh
labordy
Xhosa
elebhu
Yiddish
לאַבאָראַטאָריע
Yoruba
yàrá
Zulu
ilabhorethri

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansIn Afrikaans, "laboratorium" also means "womb" or "uterus".
AlbanianAlbanian "laboratorike" originates from Latin “laborator” meaning “a place to work,” deriving from the word “laborare,” meaning “to work.”
AmharicThe word "ላቦራቶሪ" is derived from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work". The word can also mean "workshop" or "factory" in some contexts.
ArabicThe word "مختبر" also means "experimenter" in Arabic.
ArmenianThe Armenian word “լաբորատորիա” (“laboratory”) derives from the Latin word “laborare,” meaning “to work” or “to labor,” reflecting the place where scientific work is conducted.
Azerbaijani"Laboratoriya" is also a name for "chemistry" in Azerbaijani.
BasqueIn Basque, the word "laborategia" derives from the Latin "laboratorius," meaning "worker" or "workplace".
BelarusianThe word "лабараторыя" (laboratory) derives from the Latin word "laboratorium" which means "a place where one works"
BosnianThe Bosnian word "laboratorija" derives from the Latin word "laboratorius", meaning "a place where one works".
BulgarianThe word "лаборатория" in Bulgarian shares the same Latin origin (`laboratorium`) as its English counterpart.
CatalanThe Catalan word "laboratori" comes from the Latin "laborare", meaning "to work" or "to toil".
CebuanoDerived from the Spanish word "laboratorio", which originated from the Latin "laborare" meaning "to work".
Chinese (Simplified)实验室一词源自拉丁语laborare,意为'工作'、'努力'或'辛勤'。
Chinese (Traditional)實驗室這個詞的實驗一詞源自於試驗,室則為場所的意思。
CorsicanThe Corsican word "laburatoriu" can also refer to a small workshop where traditional handicrafts are made.
CroatianThe word "laboratorija" comes from the Latin word "laborare," meaning "to work," and was first used in the 17th century.
CzechThe Czech word "laboratoř" comes from the Latin word "laboratorium," which originally meant a workshop or a room where alchemists worked.
DanishIn Danish, "laboratorium" also means "toilet" or "outhouse".
Dutch"Laboratorium" can also mean "experiment" or "test" in Dutch.
EstonianThe word "laboratoorium" derives from Latin "laborare" meaning "to work" and was initially used to describe places where alchemists practiced their work.
FinnishIn Finnish, laboratorio also refers to a type of bread roll.
FrenchThe French word "laboratoire" derives from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work", and thus also refers to a place of hard work and experimentation.
FrisianIn Frisian, "laboratoarium" can also mean "study room" or "workshop".
GalicianThe Galician word "laboratorio" can also mean "laboratory" in Portuguese and Spanish, "laboratory" in Italian, and "laboratory" in Romanian.
GermanThe German word "Labor" also means "toil". This stems from the fact that alchemists had to perform many laborious tasks while experimenting.
GreekThe word "εργαστήριο" comes from the ancient Greek word "εργάζομαι", meaning "to work or cultivate", and originally referred to a place where artisans or craftsmen worked.
Haitian CreoleThe word "laboratwa" comes from the French "laboratoire" which ultimately derives from the Latin word "laborare" which means "to work".
HausaThe word "dakin gwaje-gwaje" is also used to refer to a place where secrets are kept.
HawaiianThe term literally means "house of preparation" or "house of concoction"
HebrewThe Hebrew word for "laboratory", "מעבדה", comes from the root "עבד" (to work) and can also mean a workshop or studio.
HindiThe word प्रयोगशाला is derived from the Sanskrit words प्रयोग ('prayoga'), meaning 'experiment', and शाला ('shala'), meaning 'house' or 'place', hence indicating a 'place for experimenting'.
HmongThe word "chaw kuaj" in Hmong also means "a place of learning".
HungarianIn Hungarian, "laboratórium" also refers to a laboratory assistant or a pharmacist.
IcelandicThe word rannsóknarstofa literally means "research room" in Icelandic, reflecting the historical use of rooms set aside for scientific research.
IgboThe word "laabu" is derived from the Igbo word "la," meaning "to work," and "u," meaning "a place."
IndonesianThe word "laboratorium" in Indonesian refers to a laboratory, but its original Latin meaning is "a place to work".
IrishThe word "saotharlann" is also used in Irish to refer to a workshop or study, and is derived from the words "saothar" (work) and "lann" (place).
ItalianIn Italian, the word "laboratorio" also means "workshop" or "studio".
Japanese実験室 (jikkenshitsu) originally meant "an alchemist's workshop" but has come to mean "a laboratory" in general.
JavaneseIn Javanese, laboratorium, which means laboratory, stems from Latin, where its alternative meaning is “work place”, referring to the place where experimental and scientific work is conducted.
Kazakh"Zertxana" comes from the Persian word "zarkhane", meaning "goldsmith's workshop".
Korean"실험실" (laboratory) can also refer to a "room of tests" or a "test site" in Korean.
KurdishThe word "lêkolînxane" is derived from the Persian words "lêkol" (study) and "xane" (house).
KyrgyzIn Kyrgyz, the word "лаборатория" can also be translated as "test workshop" or "research and development center".
Latin.laboratory" is actually derived from "laborare" which means "to work" in Latin.
LatvianIn Latvian, "laboratorija" comes from the word "laborator", which in turn derives from Latin "labor" and means "work", highlighting the practical aspect of experimentation.
LithuanianIn Latin, laboratorija meant "workshop", from which it derives its meaning in Lithuanian.
LuxembourgishLuxembourgish "Labo" (laboratory) derives from German "Labor" (work), hence the alternate meaning "work" in Luxembourgish, too.
MacedonianThe word "лабораторија" (laboratory) in Macedonian derives from the Latin word "laborare" (to work) and originally referred to a place where alchemists worked.
MalagasyThe word "laboratoara" is derived from the French word "laboratoire", which itself comes from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work" or "to toil."
MalayThe Malay word "makmal" derives from the Arabic word "ma'mal", which means "place of work" or "factory."
MalayalamThe word "ലബോറട്ടറി" ('laboratorry') is derived from the Latin word "laborare" meaning "to work" and can also refer to a workshop or a place of experimentation.
MalteseThe Maltese word "laboratorju" derives from the Latin "laboratorium," meaning "a place for work".
MaoriIn some Polynesian languages, Taiwhanga means 'workshop or factory'.
MarathiThe word प्रयोगशाळा (prayogashala) is derived from the Sanskrit word "prayoga", meaning "experimentation". The term also refers to a "workshop" or "studio" where creative or experimental work is done.
MongolianThe word "laboratori" in Mongolian is derived from the Latin word "laboratorium", which means "a place for working".
NepaliThe word प्रयोगशाला, meaning “laboratory” in Nepali, is derived from the Sanskrit word प्रयोग, meaning “use” or “experiment”.
NorwegianLaboratorium comes from the Latin word 'laborare', meaning 'to work', and refers to a place where scientific experiments are conducted.
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word 'labotale' in Nyanja is derived from the English word 'laboratory', and also refers to a place where experiments are conducted.
PashtoThe Pashto word "لابراتوار" is of French origin, deriving from the Latin word "laboratorium", meaning a place where scientific or technical research or experiments are conducted.
PolishIn Polish, the word "laboratorium" can also refer to a laboratory or workshop for artists or craftsmen, a place for scientific research or artistic experimentation.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The word "laboratório" comes from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work", and originally referred to a place where alchemists and scientists conducted their experiments.
RomanianIn Romanian, 'laborator' originally referred to a small room in a monastery used for alchemical experiments or the work of goldsmiths.
RussianThe word "лаборатория" comes from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work".
SamoanFale suesue translates to "house of inquiry" in Samoan, highlighting its purpose as a place for exploration and discovery.
Scots GaelicIn Scots Gaelic, "obair-lann" means a "place of work" or a "workshop" as well as a "laboratory".
SerbianThe word "лабораторија" (laboratory) in Serbian originates from the Latin word "laborare" (to work), indicating a place for scientific work and experimentation.
SesothoIn Sesotho, 'laboratori' is a noun meaning 'laboratory' and comes from the English 'laboratory'. The plural is 'laboratori.'
ShonaThe word murabhoritari was coined from the words mura (fire), bhora (bellows), and itari (a place where something is done).
SindhiThe word "ليبارٽري" is derived from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work" or "to toil."
SlovakSlovak word "laboratórium" also means "a crucible" in Latin and "a place where metals are worked" in Arabic.
SlovenianThe Slovenian word laboratorij comes from the Latin word laborare, meaning to work or toil.
SomaliSheybaar is a Somalian word for laboratory that also means 'place of observation'.
SpanishThe word "laboratorio" comes from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work" or "to toil".
SundaneseIn Sundanese, 'laboratorium' may also refer to a 'study room' or a place where students learn.
SwahiliThe word "maabara" can also mean "research" or "experimentation" in Swahili.
SwedishThe word "laboratorium" was adopted from German and originally meant a room where alchemists worked.
Tagalog (Filipino)The Tagalog word "laboratoryo" can also mean "experimental" or "investigative."
TajikВ таджикском языке слово «лаборатория» также может означать «испытательная» или «аналитическая».
TamilThe word "ஆய்வகம்" (laboratory) is also used in Tamil to refer to a "workshop". This is likely because laboratories are places where experiments and research are carried out, which are often similar to activities that take place in workshops.
TeluguThe word ప్రయోగశాల (laboratory) comes from the Sanskrit word 'prayoga', meaning 'experiment', and 'shala', meaning 'house'. Thus, the Telugu word means 'a place where experiments are conducted'.
ThaiThe Thai word "ห้องปฏิบัติการ" ("lab") derives from Sanskrit "kara" (to do) and "pati" (lord), meaning "a place to do the work of a lord" (a scholar).
TurkishThe word 'laboratuar' is derived from the Latin word 'laborare', meaning 'to work' or 'to toil'.
UkrainianThe word "лабораторія" in Ukrainian originated from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work," and is closely related to the English word "laboratory."
UrduThe term "لیبارٹری" is derived from "laborare," meaning "to work." Laboratories are workspaces for experimentation and research.
UzbekIn Arabic and Tajiki, the word "laboratoriya" means "chemical plant".
Vietnamese"Phòng thí nghiệm" literally means "room for experiment."
WelshThe Welsh word "labordy" derives from the Latin "laboratorium", meaning "place of work".
XhosaThe word 'elebhu' derives from the English word 'laboratory'.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "לאַבאָראַטאָריע" is derived from the Latin word "laboratorium", meaning "a place of work".
YorubaThe word "yàrá" can also refer to a hut or a dwelling where people live.
ZuluThe Zulu word "ilabhorethri" is derived from the English word "laboratory", but it also has the alternate meaning of "a place where people work together to achieve a common goal".
EnglishThe word "laboratory" originally referred to a room or building where alchemists practiced alchemy.

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