From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Pronunciation
- [trə-vālʹ] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] [en] From [en], from [en], deverbal of [fro], from [en], from [en], from
[en] from [en] + [itc-pro] from [en]. [en].
**** Noun
[s]
1. [en] Arduous or painful exertion ; excessive labor , suffering , hardship . [from 13th c.]
2. * [en]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1597 | author=w:Richard Hooker | title=Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie | section=Book V, §21
|passage=But as every thing of price, so this doth require TRAVAIL.}}
1. * [chapter=20]
2. * [en]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1936 | author=w:Djuna Barnes | title=Nightwood | page=38 | publisher=Faber & Faber | year_published=2007
|passage=He had thought of making a destiny for himself, through laborious and
untiring TRAVAIL.}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. Specifically, the labor of childbirth . [from 13th c.]
5. * [III]
6. * [Genesis]
7. [en] An act of working ; labor [US] , labour [British] . [14th]
8. [en] The eclipse of a celestial object. [17th c.]
9. [en] . < !--separate ety?-->
10. [en] < !--separate ety?-->
***** Related terms
[en]
***** Translations
[hard work]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
[trans-bottom]
[labor of childbirth]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- French: [fr]
- Polish: [pl]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Dutch: (1) [nl] , (2) [nl] , (3) [nl] , (4) [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi]
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***** References
- [R:OED2]
- [R:Etymonline]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en], from the noun (see above). [en]. Displaced native
[enm] (from [ang]).
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To toil .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1552 | author=w:Hugh Latimer | title=Fourth Sermon on the Lord's Prayer, Preached before Lady Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk
|passage=[A]ll slothful persons, which will not TRAVAIL for their livings, do
the will of the devil.}}
1. * [Job]
2. * [chapter=Proeme]
3. To go through the labor of childbirth.
4. * [John]
5. * [book=Genesis]
***** Translations
[to toil]
- French: [fr]
- Polish: [pl]
[trans-bottom]
[go through the labor of childbirth]
- Czech: [cs]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Polish: [pl]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Dutch: (1) [nl] , [nl] , (2) [nl]
[trans-bottom]
*** Further reading
- [Tripalium]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr], from [fr], deverbal of [fro], from [fr], from [fr].
The plural derives from Old French [fro], early [fro], with vocalization of
the lateral before a consonant (/tʁavo/ < /tɾaˈvau̯s/ < /tɾaˈvaʎts/).
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. work ; labor
2. job
3. workplace
**** Usage notes
- The less common plural [fr] is usually only used for the sense of "job."
**** Synonyms
- [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|fr |à travail égal, salaire égal |accident de travail |accident du
travail |arrêt de travail |bourreau de travail |camp de travail |certificat de
travail |contrat de travail |contrôleur des travaux finis |droit du travail
|et voilà le travail |fête du Travail |flux de travaux |groupe de travail
|inspecteur des travaux finis |langue de travail |lieu de travail |marché du
travail |mémoire de travail |permis de travail |plan de travail |poste de
travail |tout travail mérite salaire |travail à la chaîne |travail au noir
|travail d'arabe |travail d'intérêt général |travail de bénédictin |travail de
cochon |travail de Romain |travail, famille, patrie |travail forcé |travailler
|travailleur |travailliste |travaux forcés }}
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Middle French
*** Etymology
From [frm].
*** Noun
[m]
1. suffering ; pain
**** Descendants
- [fr]
*** References
- [supplement=1]
** Old French
*** Etymology
[fro].
*** Noun
[m]
1. suffering , torment
**** Descendants
- [frm]
- [nrf]
- [enm]
- [en]