labrador

Named after Labrador Peninsula in Canada where the breed was developed.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlæb.ɹə.dɔː(ɹ)/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæb.ɹə.dɔɹ/

labrador (plural labradors)

1. A Labrador retriever.

• larboard

Borrowed from English labrador.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːbraːdɔr/

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labrador m (plural labradors)

1. labrador, Labrador retriever
2. (geology) labradorite

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labrador m (plural labradors)

1. labrador

• “labrador”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old Galician-Portuguese lavrador, from Latin labōrātor, labōrātorem, equivalent to labrar +‎ -dor.

• IPA^(key): [laβɾaˈðoɾ]

labrador m (plural labradores, feminine labradora, feminine plural labradoras)

1. peasant, farmer

   Synonym: labrego

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “laurador”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “laurador”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “labrador”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “labrador”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “labrador”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Labrador.

• IPA^(key): /laˈbra.dɔr/

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• Rhymes: -adɔr
• Syllabification: la‧bra‧dor

labrador m animal

1. Labrador retriever
2. labradorite

• labrador in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• labrador in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Named after Labrador in Canada. Doublet of lavrador and laborador.

• Homophones: Labrador, lavrador (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: la‧bra‧dor

labrador m (plural labradores, feminine labradora, feminine plural labradoras)

1. Labrador (dog breed)

Borrowed from English labrador or French labrador.

labrador m (plural labradori)

1. labrador (dog)

Inherited from Old Spanish labrador, from Latin labōrātorem, equivalent to labrar +‎ -dor.

• IPA^(key): /labɾaˈdoɾ/ [la.β̞ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: la‧bra‧dor

labrador m (plural labradores, feminine labradora, feminine plural labradoras)

1. farmer, husbandman
2. ellipsis of Labrador retriever (“Labrador (retriever)”)
3. (rare) worker, laborer

• labor
• labrar
• Labrador, Labrador retriever

• “labrador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024