Laboratoriossa

Laboratoriossa is the inessive form of the Finnish loanword laboratorio, meaning “in the laboratory.” It is used to indicate location and describes where an action takes place or the setting of a process in scientific, educational, or technical contexts.

Etymology and form: The base laboratorio is a loanword in Finnish, influenced by European languages such as Italian and Spanish, and is declined like other Finnish nouns. The inessive suffix -ssa attaches to the stem to yield laboratoriossa, which literally means “in the laboratory.” Other location forms exist for different cases, such as laboratoriosta (from the laboratory) and laboratorioon (into the laboratory).

Usage: Laboratoriossa appears in both formal and everyday Finnish when referring to activities conducted inside a laboratory, including experiments, observations, safety procedures, and demonstrations. It helps specify the physical context of actions, separate from other locations.

Examples: Tutkijat työskentelevät laboratoriossa. Näytteet analysoitiin laboratoriossa. In educational materials, instructors may describe procedures that must be performed laboratoriossa to emphasize controlled conditions.

See also: laboratorio, laboratory terminology in Finnish, Finnish location cases, linguistic notes on loanwords in Finnish.

Note: Laboratoriossa is a standard locative form for contemporary Finnish and is appropriate in technical writing, journalism, and academic texts when describing activities or scenes that occur inside a laboratory.