label

etichetta

Piccolo pezzo di carta o altro materiale attaccato a qualcosa per dare informazioni al riguardo.

In inglese semplice: A small piece of paper or other material attached to something, giving information about it.

• Read the label on the bottle.
• The labels show the price.
• She put a name label on her bag.

Sinonimi: tag, sticker

Espressioni comuni: read the label, price label, label on something

marchio, casa discografica

Marchio che vende vestiti o azienda che produce e vende musica.

In inglese semplice: A brand or company that sells clothes or produces and sells music.

• She buys clothes from that label.
• The band signed with a small record label.
• Several fashion labels showed their new collections.

Sinonimi: brand, record company

Espressioni comuni: record label, fashion label, independent label

etichetta

Nome usato per indicare che qualcuno o qualcosa appartiene a un determinato gruppo.

In inglese semplice: A name used to describe someone or something as belonging to a particular group.

• He dislikes the label of genius.
• These labels can make people feel excluded.
• She rejected the label that others gave her.

Sinonimi: description, designation, category

Espressioni comuni: unfair label, attach a label, reject a label

etichetta, alias

Nome scelto per identificare un elemento numerato in un sistema informatico.

In inglese semplice: A name chosen to identify a numbered item in a computer system.

• The disk has the label BACKUP.
• You can find the device by its label.
• Each numbered entry has a user-defined label.

Sinonimi: alias, identifier

Espressioni comuni: volume label, device label, assign a label

etichettare

Scrivere informazioni su qualcosa o attaccarvi una piccola etichetta.

In inglese semplice: To write information on something or attach a small sign to it.

• Please label every box.
• She labelled the jars with their contents.
• Have you labeled your luggage?

Come si usa: label something with something (Label each bag with your name.)

Sinonimi: tag, mark

Espressioni comuni: label a box, label something clearly, label with something, label a bottle

etichettare, classificare

Descrivere qualcuno o qualcosa come appartenente a un certo tipo, spesso ingiustamente.

In inglese semplice: To describe someone or something as a particular type, often unfairly.

• Do not label her lazy.
• Critics labelled the film a failure.
• He was labeled as a troublemaker at school.

Come si usa: label someone/something as something (The report labelled the plan as dangerous.); label someone/something + adjective (They labelled him lazy.)

Sinonimi: classify, categorize, brand

Espressioni comuni: label someone lazy, label as something, label someone dangerous