travail
Meaning
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- Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
- Specifically, the labor of childbirth.
- (obsolete) An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).
- (obsolete) The eclipse of a celestial object.
- (obsolete) Obsolete form of travel.
- Alternative form of travois (“a kind of sled”)
Synonyms
work hard
donkeywork
pains of childbirth
obstetrical delivery
have a hard time of it
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɹəˈveɪl/
Etymology
In summary
PIE word *tréyes ] From Middle English travail, from Old French travail (“suffering, torment”), deverbal of travailler, from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre, from Late Latin tripālium, from Latin tripālis (“held up by three stakes”) from Proto-Italic *trēs + *pākslos from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of travel.
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