travail
To toilTo toil.
» They finally succeeded after many months of travail.
Вони нарешті досягли успіху, після багатьох місяців тяжкої праці. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
deniko · Tatoeba · CC0Meaning
2 sensesTo toil.
To go through the labor of childbirth.
- work hard
Examples
1 sentencesThey finally succeeded after many months of travail.
Вони нарешті досягли успіху, після багатьох місяців тяжкої праці. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English travailen, from Old French travailler, from the noun (see above). DoubFrom Middle English travailen, from Old French travailler, from the noun (see above). Doublet of travel. Displaced native Middle English swinken (“to work”) (from Old English swincan (“to labour, to toil, to work at”)).
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Forms
travails, travailing, travailed, travailedSynonyms
7 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.