Meanings
nountest tube (plural test tubes)
plural test tubes · alternative test-tube
- chemistryA glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other, used for small-scale laboratory tests.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic أُنْبُوب اِخْتِبَار
- أُنْبُوب اِخْتِبَار (ʔunbūb iḵtibār)glass tube
Bulgarian епруве́тка
- епруве́тка (epruvétka)glass tube
Catalan tub d'assaig
- tub d'assaigglass tube
Chinese Mandarin 試管 /试管
- 試管 /试管 (shìguǎn)glass tube
Czech zkumavka
- zkumavkaglass tube
Danish reagensglas
- reagensglasglass tube
Dutch reageerbuis, proefbuis
- reageerbuisglass tube
- proefbuisglass tube
Finnish koeputki
- koeputkiglass tube
French tube à essai, éprouvette
- tube à essaiglass tube
- éprouvetteglass tube
German Reagenzglas
- Reagenzglasglass tube
Greek δοκιμαστικός σωλήνας
- δοκιμαστικός σωλήνας (dokimastikós solínas)glass tube
Hebrew מבחנה
- מבחנה (mavhena)glass tube
Hungarian kémcső
- kémcsőglass tube
Icelandic tilraunaglas
- tilraunaglasglass tube
Italian provetta
- provettaglass tube
Japanese 試験管
- 試験管 (shikenkan)glass tube
Korean 시험관
- 시험관 (siheomgwan)glass tube
Latvian mēģene
- mēģeneglass tube
Lithuanian mėgintuvėlis
- mėgintuvėlisglass tube
Malay tabung uji
- tabung ujiglass tube
Māori ipuipu
- ipuipuglass tube
Norwegian Bokmål prøverør, reagensglass
- prøverørglass tube
- reagensglassglass tube
- reagensrørglass tube
Polish próbówka, probówka
- próbówkaglass tube
- probówkaglass tube
Portuguese proveta, tubo de ensaio
- provetaglass tube
- tubo de ensaioglass tube
Punjabi ਪਰੀਖਿਆ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ
- ਪਰੀਖਿਆ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ (parīkhiā nāḷī)glass tube
Romanian eprubetă
- eprubetăglass tube
Russian проби́рка
- проби́рка (probírka)glass tube
Slovak skúmavka
- skúmavkaglass tube
Spanish tubo de ensayo
- tubo de ensayoglass tube
Swedish provrör
- provrörglass tube
Tagalog subukang tubo
- subukang tuboglass tube
Thai หลอดทดลอง
- หลอดทดลอง (lɔ̀ɔt-tót-lɔɔng)glass tube
Turkish deney tüpü
- deney tüpüglass tube
Ukrainian пробі́рка
- пробі́рка (probírka)glass tube
Vietnamese ống nghiệm
- ống nghiệmglass tube
Welsh tiwb prawf
- tiwb prawfglass tube
Cite this entry
APA
test tube. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/test%20tube
MLA
“test tube.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/test%20tube. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “test tube,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/test%20tube.
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