wikipedia|dab=Label
English

Pronunciation
rhymes|eɪb�l

Etymology
From OF. term|label|langfro and term|lambel|langfro (Modern French: term|lambeau|lang=fr).

Noun
en-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.

Synonyms
i-c|small ticket sign, tag, ticket
i-c|name given to something or someone category, pigeonhole

Translations
trans-top|ticket
Catalan: etiqueta f
Czech: t-|cs|štítek|m
Dutch: t-|nl|etiket|n, t-|nl|label|n
Finnish: t-|fi|etiketti
French: t+|fr|étiquette|f
German: t+|de|Etikett|n
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Italian: t+|it|etichetta|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|etiqueta|f
Serbian: nalepnica
Spanish: t-|es|etiqueta|f
Swedish: t+|sv|etikett|c
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trans-top|name categorising someone as part of a group
Dutch: t-|nl|etiket|n
Finnish: leima i|stamp
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Portuguese: rótulo m
Swedish: beteckning c, etikett c
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trans-top|company selling records
Dutch: t|nl|platenmaatschappij|f, t-|nl|label|n
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Verb
en-verb|labels|2labelling {{i|UK or labeling i|US|3labelled i|UK or labeled i|US}}

1. transitive To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
2. transitive To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.

Synonyms
i-c|put a ticket or sign on tag, price
i-c|give a label to in order to categorise categorise, compartmentalise, pigeonhole

Translations
trans-top|put a ticket or sign on
Catalan: etiquetar
Dutch: t|nl|etiketteren, t-|nl|etiket|alt=etiketten t|nl|aanbrengen, t|nl|prijzen
German: t-|de|etikettieren
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Portuguese: t-|pt|etiquetar, t-|pt|rotular
Swedish: t+|sv|etikettera
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trans-top|give a label to in order to categorise
Catalan: etiquetar
Dutch: t|nl|categoriseren
German: t-|de|etikettieren
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Portuguese: t+|pt|classificar
Swedish: beteckna, etikettera
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References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

rfv|I don�t think the sense �music label� comes from Frankish, rather from English

French

Etymology
From Frankish *term||labba (Old High German term|lang=goh|lappa).

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. quality label
2. music label

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