# labrador
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈlæb.ɹə.dɔː(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈlæb.ɹə.dɔɹ/

### Noun

labrador (plural labradors)
* A Labrador retriever.

### Anagrams

* larboard

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English labrador.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaːbraːdɔr/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

labrador m (plural labradors)
* labrador, Labrador retriever
* (geology) labradorite

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Switzerland):(file)

### Noun

labrador m (plural labradors)
* labrador

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [laβɾaˈðoɾ]

### Noun

labrador m (plural labradores, feminine labradora, feminine plural labradoras)
* peasant, farmer
    Synonym: labrego

#### Related terms

* labor
* laboría
* labrar
* labrego

### References

* 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

## Polish
### Etymology

From Labrador.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈbra.dɔr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -adɔr
* Syllabification: la‧bra‧dor

### Noun

labrador m animal
* Labrador retriever
* labradorite

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /la.bɾaˈdoʁ/ [la.bɾaˈdoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /la.bɾaˈdoʁ/ [la.bɾaˈdoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /la.bɾaˈdoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /la.bɾaˈdoʁ/ [la.bɾaˈdoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /la.bɾaˈdoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐ.bɾɐˈdoɾ/ [lɐ.βɾɐˈðoɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐ.bɾɐˈdoɾ/ [lɐ.βɾɐˈðoɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /lɐ.bɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [lɐ.βɾɐˈðo.ɾi]
* Homophones: Labrador, lavrador (Northern Portugal)
* Hyphenation: la‧bra‧dor

### Noun

labrador m (plural labradores, feminine labradora, feminine plural labradoras)
* Labrador (dog breed)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English labrador or French labrador.

### Noun

labrador m (plural labradori)
* labrador (dog)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /labɾaˈdoɾ/ [la.β̞ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: la‧bra‧dor

### Noun

labrador m (plural labradores, feminine labradora, feminine plural labradoras)
* farmer, husbandman
* Labrador (ellipsis of Labrador retriever.)
* (rare) worker, laborer

#### Related terms

* labor
* labrar
* Labrador, Labrador retriever

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10