label

Bedeutung (English)

Noun

1. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
2. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
3. A company that sells records.
4. A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
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. (obsolete) A tassel.
8. 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.
9. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
10. A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
11. The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
12. In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
13. A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.

Verb

1. To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
2. To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
3. To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
4. To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro

Konzepte

Etikett

🏷️

etikettieren

🏷️

Aufkleber

Anhänger

Aufschrift

🏷️

Marke

nennen

kennzeichnen

Schild

Bezeichnung

benennen

Kennzeichen

Schildchen

beschriften

🏷️

heißen

Kennsatz

zeichnen

Zettel

Beschriftung

🏷️

festgeklebtes Stück Papier

mit einem Zettel versehen

Plattenlabel

Musiklabel

turnierkragen

Aufkleberzettel

Bezeichnungszettel

betiteln

bezeichnen

ernennen

Etikette

Kennung

Klebeetikett

Label

markieren

Name

qualifizieren

Stimme

Stimmzettel

Typenschild

Votum

🗣️

umgangsformen

Anhängezettel

Kofferanhänger

Gepäckanhänger

Synonyms

tag

mark

sticker

ticket

🎫

sign

tab

name

brand

docket

trademark

stamp

flag

tally

designate

marker

call

etiquette

recording label

categorize

slip

dub

title

poster

jot down

judge

🧑‍⚖️

pronounce

badge

term

designation

card

symbol

stigmatize

classify

ballot

token

note

inscribe

pigeonhole

name-plate

nickname

pencil

📝

placard

🪧

plate

postmark

price tag

route

rubberstamp

score

seal

🦭

sentinel

signboard

signet

slip of paper

spot

stigmatise

stud

superscribe

superscription

tick

trade name

cast lots

L

L

notch up

take notice

engrave an inscription

put a tag on

air

hang out one’s shingle

set up a sign-board

commercial stamp

gummed label

handstamp

record company

heading line

guide mark

trade label

gauge number

record sheet

address

mark number

bill

blaze

blip

cachet

caption

chalk

check

condemn

damn

disparage

dripstone

earmark

embossment

entitle

epigram

grade

hallmark

head

heading

identification

identify

identifying

impress

impression

imprint

indicate

inscription

jot

leaflet

legend

lineament

lot

mailing label

make

make a note

marque

meter

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈleɪbəl/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: label

Cognate with Französisch: lambeau

Cognate with Althochdeutsch: lappa

Cognate with Altenglisch: læppa

In summary

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.