Meaning

13 senses
  1. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.

    We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.

    The label says this silk scarf should not be washed in the washing machine.

    Etikett, Etikette, Beschriftung

    ярлы́кjarlýk, этике́ткаetikétka, накле́йкаnakléjka

    етике́ткаetykétka, ярли́кjarlýk, на́ліпкаnálipka

  2. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.

    Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".

    ярлы́кjarlýk, клеймо́klejmó

  3. A company that sells records.

    The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.

  4. A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.

    Storage devices can be given by label or ID.

  5. A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.

  6. A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.

  7. A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.

  8. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.

  9. (historical)A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.

  10. The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.

  11. In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

  12. A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.

More definitions
  • trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
  • a brief description given for purposes of identification
  • an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
  • a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

Examples

170 sentences
  1. There's a label on the jar.

    На банці є етикетка.

    ruНа банке есть наклейка.

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  2. I usually read labels carefully.

    Я зазвичай уважно читаю етикетки.

    ruЯ обычно внимательно читаю этикетки.

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  3. I read the label very carefully.

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  4. Read the label on the box.

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  5. He attached a label to the bag.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small ticket or sign giving information:
Русский
By meaning 2
small ticket or sign giving information:
name categorising something or someone as part of a group:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small ticket or sign giving information:

Origin

From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (

From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (Modern French lambeau), from Frankish *lappā (“torn piece of cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *lappǭ, *lappô (“cloth stuff, rag, scraps, flap, dewlap, lobe, rabbit ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“rag, piece of cloth”), Old English læppa (“skirt, flap of a garment”). More at lap.

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