labour

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
2. (countable, uncountable) That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
3. (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
4. (uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
5. (countable, uncountable) The act of a mother giving birth.
6. (countable, uncountable) The time period during which a mother gives birth.
7. (countable, uncountable) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
8. (countable, historical, uncountable) A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
9. (countable, uncommon, uncountable) A group of moles.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To toil, to work.
2. (transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
3. To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
4. To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
5. To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.

Concepts

travail

travailler

labeur

accouchement

ouvrage

peiner

peine

besogne

effort

accoucher

besogner

trimer

fonction

douleur d’accouchement

efforts

emploi

entreprise

exercer

fonctionnement

huile de coude

inflexion

mission

office

opération

pousser

prolétariat

remorquer

résultat

rouler

tâche

temps

⌚

accoucher de

bourlinguer

de travail

gagner de l’argent

main d’oeuvre

main d’œuvre

marner

mettre en œuvre

operation

travail dur

projetons

groupe de projet

s’épuiser à la tâche

activité

aller

application

bosser

boulot

circuler

Synonymes

labor

work

toil

effort

labor

task

travail

job

work hard

exertion

trouble

operation

business

strive

struggle

moil

service

employment

labour force

drudge

hard work

grind

pains

manpower

working class

working

push

achievement

fag

objective

endeavor

human resources

handling

proletariat

dig

deliver

ado

take pains

trade

activity

confinement

striving

chore

function

childbed

feat

parturition

pitch

endeavour

lying-in

Traductions

Arbeit

lavoro

trabajo

trabalho

werk

εργασία

Mühe

arbeid

Auftrag

fatica

Anstrengung

esfuerzo

trabalhar

treball

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈleɪ.bə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: labor

Hérité de moyen anglais: labouren

In summary

From Middle English labor, labour, labur, from Old French labor (modern labeur) and its etymon, Latin labor.