travail

CEFRC1

/tɹəˈveɪl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Hard work or suffering, especially over a long time.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).

Examples

  • They finally succeeded after many months of travail.

  • But as every thing of price, so this doth require travail.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Specifically, the labor of childbirth.

  2. Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.

  3. The eclipse of a celestial object.

More examples

In context

  • Great trauail is created to al men, and an heauie yoke vpon the children of Adam, from the day of their comming forth of their mothers wombe, vntil the day of their burying, into the mother of al. […]

  • [A]ll slothful persons, which will not travail for their livings, do the will of the devil.

  • The lady shrieks and, well-a-near, Does fall in travail with her fear.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English...