fardeau — meaning in English

English meaning

• burden noun A heavy load, or a difficult responsibility or worry someone has to carry.
• incubus noun In medieval European folklore, a male demon believed to settle on people as they sleep and cause nightmares.
• load verb To put a quantity of goods, cargo, or material onto or into something for transport or storage.

Senses

fardeau is used for these senses in English:

• burden A heavy load.
• incubus (by extension) Any oppressive thing or person; a burden.
• load A burden; a weight to be carried.

burden — full definition

1. noun A heavy load, or a difficult responsibility or worry someone has to carry.
2. verb To load someone down, literally or figuratively, with a burden.

incubus — full definition

1. noun In medieval European folklore, a male demon believed to settle on people as they sleep and cause nightmares.
2. noun A thing that oppresses or weighs heavily on someone, like a burden that cannot be shaken off.

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