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 |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "laboratorium" also means "womb" or "uterus". |
| Albanian | Albanian "laboratorike" originates from Latin “laborator” meaning “a place to work,” deriving from the word “laborare,” meaning “to work.” |
| Amharic | The word "ላቦራቶሪ" is derived from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work". The word can also mean "workshop" or "factory" in some contexts. |
| Arabic | The word "مختبر" also means "experimenter" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The 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. |
| Basque | In Basque, the word "laborategia" derives from the Latin "laboratorius," meaning "worker" or "workplace". |
| Belarusian | The word "лабараторыя" (laboratory) derives from the Latin word "laboratorium" which means "a place where one works" |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word "laboratorija" derives from the Latin word "laboratorius", meaning "a place where one works". |
| Bulgarian | The word "лаборатория" in Bulgarian shares the same Latin origin (`laboratorium`) as its English counterpart. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "laboratori" comes from the Latin "laborare", meaning "to work" or "to toil". |
| Cebuano | Derived 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。 |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "laburatoriu" can also refer to a small workshop where traditional handicrafts are made. |
| Croatian | The word "laboratorija" comes from the Latin word "laborare," meaning "to work," and was first used in the 17th century. |
| Czech | The Czech word "laboratoř" comes from the Latin word "laboratorium," which originally meant a workshop or a room where alchemists worked. |
| Danish | In Danish, "laboratorium" also means "toilet" or "outhouse". |
| Dutch | "Laboratorium" can also mean "experiment" or "test" in Dutch. |
| Estonian | The word "laboratoorium" derives from Latin "laborare" meaning "to work" and was initially used to describe places where alchemists practiced their work. |
| Finnish | In Finnish, laboratorio also refers to a type of bread roll. |
| French | The French word "laboratoire" derives from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work", and thus also refers to a place of hard work and experimentation. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "laboratoarium" can also mean "study room" or "workshop". |
| Galician | The Galician word "laboratorio" can also mean "laboratory" in Portuguese and Spanish, "laboratory" in Italian, and "laboratory" in Romanian. |
| German | The German word "Labor" also means "toil". This stems from the fact that alchemists had to perform many laborious tasks while experimenting. |
| Greek | The 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 Creole | The word "laboratwa" comes from the French "laboratoire" which ultimately derives from the Latin word "laborare" which means "to work". |
| Hausa | The word "dakin gwaje-gwaje" is also used to refer to a place where secrets are kept. |
| Hawaiian | The term literally means "house of preparation" or "house of concoction" |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word for "laboratory", "מעבדה", comes from the root "עבד" (to work) and can also mean a workshop or studio. |
| Hindi | The 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'. |
| Hmong | The word "chaw kuaj" in Hmong also means "a place of learning". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "laboratórium" also refers to a laboratory assistant or a pharmacist. |
| Icelandic | The word rannsóknarstofa literally means "research room" in Icelandic, reflecting the historical use of rooms set aside for scientific research. |
| Igbo | The word "laabu" is derived from the Igbo word "la," meaning "to work," and "u," meaning "a place." |
| Indonesian | The word "laboratorium" in Indonesian refers to a laboratory, but its original Latin meaning is "a place to work". |
| Irish | The 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). |
| Italian | In 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. |
| Javanese | In 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. |
| Kurdish | The word "lêkolînxane" is derived from the Persian words "lêkol" (study) and "xane" (house). |
| Kyrgyz | In 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. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "laboratorija" comes from the word "laborator", which in turn derives from Latin "labor" and means "work", highlighting the practical aspect of experimentation. |
| Lithuanian | In Latin, laboratorija meant "workshop", from which it derives its meaning in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | Luxembourgish "Labo" (laboratory) derives from German "Labor" (work), hence the alternate meaning "work" in Luxembourgish, too. |
| Macedonian | The word "лабораторија" (laboratory) in Macedonian derives from the Latin word "laborare" (to work) and originally referred to a place where alchemists worked. |
| Malagasy | The word "laboratoara" is derived from the French word "laboratoire", which itself comes from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work" or "to toil." |
| Malay | The Malay word "makmal" derives from the Arabic word "ma'mal", which means "place of work" or "factory." |
| Malayalam | The 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. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "laboratorju" derives from the Latin "laboratorium," meaning "a place for work". |
| Maori | In some Polynesian languages, Taiwhanga means 'workshop or factory'. |
| Marathi | The 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. |
| Mongolian | The word "laboratori" in Mongolian is derived from the Latin word "laboratorium", which means "a place for working". |
| Nepali | The word प्रयोगशाला, meaning “laboratory” in Nepali, is derived from the Sanskrit word प्रयोग, meaning “use” or “experiment”. |
| Norwegian | Laboratorium 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. |
| Pashto | The 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. |
| Polish | In 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. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, 'laborator' originally referred to a small room in a monastery used for alchemical experiments or the work of goldsmiths. |
| Russian | The word "лаборатория" comes from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work". |
| Samoan | Fale suesue translates to "house of inquiry" in Samoan, highlighting its purpose as a place for exploration and discovery. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "obair-lann" means a "place of work" or a "workshop" as well as a "laboratory". |
| Serbian | The word "лабораторија" (laboratory) in Serbian originates from the Latin word "laborare" (to work), indicating a place for scientific work and experimentation. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, 'laboratori' is a noun meaning 'laboratory' and comes from the English 'laboratory'. The plural is 'laboratori.' |
| Shona | The word murabhoritari was coined from the words mura (fire), bhora (bellows), and itari (a place where something is done). |
| Sindhi | The word "ليبارٽري" is derived from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work" or "to toil." |
| Slovak | Slovak word "laboratórium" also means "a crucible" in Latin and "a place where metals are worked" in Arabic. |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word laboratorij comes from the Latin word laborare, meaning to work or toil. |
| Somali | Sheybaar is a Somalian word for laboratory that also means 'place of observation'. |
| Spanish | The word "laboratorio" comes from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work" or "to toil". |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, 'laboratorium' may also refer to a 'study room' or a place where students learn. |
| Swahili | The word "maabara" can also mean "research" or "experimentation" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The 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." |
| Tajik | В таджикском языке слово «лаборатория» также может означать «испытательная» или «аналитическая». |
| Tamil | The 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. |
| Telugu | The 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'. |
| Thai | The 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). |
| Turkish | The word 'laboratuar' is derived from the Latin word 'laborare', meaning 'to work' or 'to toil'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "лабораторія" in Ukrainian originated from the Latin word "laborare", meaning "to work," and is closely related to the English word "laboratory." |
| Urdu | The term "لیبارٹری" is derived from "laborare," meaning "to work." Laboratories are workspaces for experimentation and research. |
| Uzbek | In Arabic and Tajiki, the word "laboratoriya" means "chemical plant". |
| Vietnamese | "Phòng thí nghiệm" literally means "room for experiment." |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "labordy" derives from the Latin "laboratorium", meaning "place of work". |
| Xhosa | The word 'elebhu' derives from the English word 'laboratory'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "לאַבאָראַטאָריע" is derived from the Latin word "laboratorium", meaning "a place of work". |
| Yoruba | The word "yàrá" can also refer to a hut or a dwelling where people live. |
| Zulu | The 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". |
| English | The word "laboratory" originally referred to a room or building where alchemists practiced alchemy. |