labour
An effort expended on a particular taskAn effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
» Labour created man.
Die Arbeit hat den Menschen erschaffen.
Труд создал человека.
Праця створила людину.
Людину створила праця.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
Arbeit
трудtrud, рабо́таrabóta
пра́цяprácja, трудtrud
(countable, uncountable)That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
тяжёлая рабо́таtjažólaja rabóta
(uncountable)Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
Arbeiter
рабо́чий классrabóčij klass, рабо́чиеrabóčije
(uncountable)A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
(countable, uncountable)The act or process of a mother giving birth.
Near-synonyms: childbirth, parturition
Wehen
ро́дыródy
ро́диródy, роди́ныrodýny, ро́дивоródyvo
(countable, uncountable)The time period during which a mother gives birth.
(countable, uncountable)The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
(countable, historical, uncountable)A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
(collective, countable, rare, uncountable)A group of moles.
Examples
59 sentencesLabour created man.
Праця створила людину.
ruТруд создал человека.
deDie Arbeit hat den Menschen erschaffen.
I'm unable to do manual labour.
deIch kann nicht körperlich arbeiten.
After manual labour, you may all go home.
He represented the labour union on the committee.
deEr vertrat die Arbeitergewerkschaft im Komitee.
Perhaps it's necessary that you finish your labour now.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English labor, labour, labur, from Old French labor (modern labeur) and its etFrom Middle English labor, labour, labur, from Old French labor (modern labeur) and its etymon, Latin labor.
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Forms
plural: laboursSynonyms
21 synonyms- productive work (especially physical work done for wages):labortoil
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages:laborworking classproletariat
- a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries:British Labour PartyLabour PartyLabor
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child:parturiencylaborconfinementlying-intravailchildbed
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement:labor movementtrade union movementlabor
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted:undertakingprojecttasklabor
Word family
31 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable