"travail" meaning in French

See travail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tʁa.vaj/ Audio: Fr-travail.ogg [France, Paris], Fr-Paris--travail.ogg [Paris] Forms: travaux [plural], travails [plural]
Rhymes: -aj Etymology: Inherited from Middle French travail, from Old French travail, deverbal of travailler. The plural derives from Old French travauz, early travailz, with vocalization of the lateral before a consonant (/tʁavo/ < /tɾaˈvau̯s/ < /tɾaˈvaʎts/). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|travail|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French travail, {{inh+|fr|frm|travail}} Inherited from Middle French travail, {{inh|fr|fro|travail}} Old French travail, {{m|fro|travailler}} travailler, {{m|fro|travauz}} travauz, {{m|fro|travailz}} travailz Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|travaux|travails}} travail m (plural travaux or travails)
  1. work; labor Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-travail-fr-noun-dJ3u7t7u
  2. job Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-travail-fr-noun-XoyZAiB6
  3. workplace Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-travail-fr-noun-gzZkmSmX Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boulot, taf, turbin, job

Inflected forms

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