travail
Arduous or painful exertionArduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
» They finally succeeded after many months of travail.
Вони нарешті досягли успіху, після багатьох місяців тяжкої праці.
Meaning
4 senses(literary)Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
Specifically, the labor of childbirth.
(countable, obsolete)An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).
(obsolete)The eclipse of a celestial object.
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Examples
1 sentencesThey finally succeeded after many months of travail.
Вони нарешті досягли успіху, після багатьох місяців тяжкої праці.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Inherited from Middle English travail, borrowed from Old French travail (“suffering, tormeInherited from Middle English travail, borrowed from Old French travail (“suffering, torment”), deverbal from travailler, from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre (“to torment”), from Latin tripālium (“torture device”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of travel and travois.
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Forms
plural: travails / travauxSynonyms
13 synonyms- use of physical or mental energy; hard work:effortelbow greaseexertionsweat
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child:parturiencylaborlabourconfinementlying-inchildbed
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular