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travail.

work; labor

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/tʁa.vaj/

  1. work; labor

    masculine
    un travail bien fait
    On se met au travail.

  2. job

    masculine

  3. workplace

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French travail (“suffering, pain”), from Old French travail (“suffering, pain”), deverbal of travailler, from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre, from Late Latin tripālium (“torture device made of three stakes”). The plural derives from Old French travauz, early travailz, with vocalization of the lateral before a consonant (/tʁavo/ < /tɾaˈvau̯s/ < /tɾaˈvaʎts/).

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