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masculine

/la.bɔ.ʁa.twaʁ/

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Translation

laboratory, lab

Word origin

From Medieval Latin laboratorium ('a place for working'), from laborare ('to work'), from labor ('toil').

Origin: Latin
Root: laboratorium
English cognates: laboratory, labour

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Plurallaboratoires

Examples

The results come back from the laboratory tomorrow.

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She spends her days in the laboratory.

This laboratory is looking for a new painkiller.

Two laboratories are working on the same disease.

The fire burnt everything in the laboratory.

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This word is part of lesson 50.