Laboratorioita

Laboratorioita is a Finnish noun form meaning laboratories in a partitive sense. It is the partitive plural of the base word laboratorio, which is itself a loanword borrowed into Finnish from Italian or Spanish. The corresponding nominative plural is laboratoriot, and the genitive plural is laboratorioiden. The form laboratorioita is used when the sentence requires the partitive case, typically after numerals or verbs that govern the partitive.

In Finnish, partitive plural forms like laboratorioita appear with quantities such as useita (several) or monia (many), and in clauses where the noun is not treated as a definite, fully identified set. For example: Keskuksessa on useita laboratorioita. Tutkimusryhmä käyttää useita laboratorioita päivittäin. These usages convey an indefinite or partial quantity of laboratories rather than a specific, counted set.

Usage notes: laboratorioita is mainly found in formal or descriptive contexts, such as institutional descriptions, academic writing, or surveys mentioning multiple laboratories. For everyday language, speakers may also use laboratoriot or refer to specific laboratories by name or location. The term remains a standard Finnish lexical form for discussing multiple labs in a non-specific way.

See also: Finnish grammar, Finnish loanwords, laboratory.