travail in French
travail in French is labeur, travail, peiner — travail means hard, exhausting effort that involves suffering or hardship.
travail in French
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travail
travail
Specifically, the labor of childbirth. [from 13th c.]
peiner
To toil.
être en couches
To go through the labor of childbirth.
être en travail
To go through the labor of childbirth.
What does "travail" mean?
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noun Hard, exhausting effort that involves suffering or hardship.
"And the British mandarin Left, like their contemporaries in the Foreign Office, had little time for the travails of the small countries between Germany and Russia, whom they had always regarded as something of a nuisance."
- noun The pain and effort of giving birth.
- noun Work, especially of a physical kind.
- noun The blocking of light from a star, planet or moon by another body passing in front of it.
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travail in a sentence
- And the British mandarin Left, like their contemporaries in the Foreign Office, had little time for the travails of the small countries between Germany and Russia, whom they had always regarded as something of a nuisance.
- Volkswagen’s travails are symbolic of the nation’s overall economic malaise and a political crisis that collapsed the government in December, paving the way for early elections Feb. 23.
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What is "travail" in French?
"travail" in French is labeur, travail, peiner. travail means: Hard, exhausting effort that involves suffering or hardship.
Are there other ways to say "travail" in French?
Yes — French has 5 translations listed for "travail": labeur, travail, peiner, être en couches, être en travail.
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