Swedish noun

ett laboratorium

laboratory/lab(ʊ)raˈtuːrɪɵm/

Meaning

laboratory

In Swedish: lokal där man gör (natur)vetenskapliga experiment och undersökningar

Forms

Forms of laboratorium
Singular, indefiniteett laboratorium
Singular, definitelaboratoriet
Plural, indefinitelaboratorier
Plural, definitelaboratorierna

laboratorium is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort laboratorium, det stora laboratoriet. Check another noun

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Is it en laboratorium or ett laboratorium?

Words built with laboratorium

  • laboratorieförsök laboratory experiment
  • kemilaboratorium chemistry laboratory

Questions

What does laboratorium mean in English?

laboratorium means “laboratory”.

Is it en laboratorium or ett laboratorium?

It is ett laboratorium, and “the laboratory” is laboratoriet.

What is the plural of laboratorium?

The plural of laboratorium is laboratorier, and the definite plural is laboratorierna.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium.

Nearby common words

laboratorium is number 5,816 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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