Travail Definition

trə-vāl, trăvāl
travails
noun
travails
Very hard work; toil.
Webster's New World
Tribulation or agony; anguish.
American Heritage
Labor pains; pains of childbirth.
Webster's New World
Hardship; trouble.
Webster's New World
verb
To work very hard; toil.
Webster's New World
To have labor pains; suffer the pains of childbirth.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Travail

Noun

Singular:
travail
Plural:
travails, travaux

Origin of Travail

  • Middle English from Old French from travailler to work hard from Vulgar Latin tripāliāre to torture with a tripalium from Late Latin tripālium instrument of torture probably from Latin tripālis having three stakes tri- tri- pālus stake pag- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French travail (“suffering, torment").

    From Wiktionary

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