"travailler" meaning in French

See travailler in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tʁa.va.je/ Audio: Fr-travailler.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French travailler, from Old French travailler (“toil, suffer, torment”), from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre (“torture”), derived from Late Latin tripālium (“torture instrument”), from Latin tripālis (“having three stakes”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|travailler|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French travailler, {{inh+|fr|frm|travailler}} Inherited from Middle French travailler, {{inh|fr|fro|travailler||toil, suffer, torment}} Old French travailler (“toil, suffer, torment”), {{inh|fr|VL.|*tripāliāre|t=torture}} Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre (“torture”), {{der|fr|LL.|tripālium|t=torture instrument}} Late Latin tripālium (“torture instrument”), {{der|fr|la|tripālis||having three stakes}} Latin tripālis (“having three stakes”) Head templates: {{fr-verb}} travailler Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], travailler [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], travaillant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], travaillé [participle, past], travaille [first-person, indicative, present, singular], travailles [indicative, present, second-person, singular], travaille [indicative, present, singular, third-person], travaillons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], travaillez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], travaillent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], travaillais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], travaillais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], travaillait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], travaillions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], travailliez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], travaillaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], travaillai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], travaillas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], travailla [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], travaillâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], travaillâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], travaillèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], travaillerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], travailleras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], travaillera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], travaillerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], travaillerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], travailleront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], travaillerais [conditional, first-person, singular], travaillerais [conditional, second-person, singular], travaillerait [conditional, singular, third-person], travaillerions [conditional, first-person, plural], travailleriez [conditional, plural, second-person], travailleraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], travaille [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], travailles [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], travaille [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], travaillions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], travailliez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], travaillent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], travaillasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], travaillasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], travaillât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], travaillassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], travaillassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], travaillassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], travaille [imperative, second-person, singular], travaillons [first-person, imperative, plural], travaillez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to work Synonyms (work): bosser [France, informal], taffer [France, informal], turbiner [France, informal]
    Sense id: en-travailler-fr-verb-HOHGnaBv Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er, Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French verbs with weak-a2 preterite Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 43 24 32 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 37 4 5 43 6 5 Disambiguation of Old French verbs with weak-a2 preterite: 17 15 17 18 17 17 Disambiguation of 'work': 100 0 0
  2. to study
    Sense id: en-travailler-fr-verb-nUOYYRNk Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er, Old French verbs with weak-a2 preterite Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Old French verbs with weak-a2 preterite: 17 15 17 18 17 17
  3. to struggle
    Sense id: en-travailler-fr-verb-1uDBy5BE Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er, Old French verbs with weak-a2 preterite Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Old French verbs with weak-a2 preterite: 17 15 17 18 17 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: travail, travailliste, travailleur, travailleuse

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ht",
            "2": "travay"
          },
          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: travay",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: travay"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "travaillere",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: travaillere",
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        }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj/",
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        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jɛ/",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillait",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jɛ/",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillâtes",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillèrent",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillerai",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travailleras",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillera",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillerons",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillerez",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travailleront",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillerais",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillerais",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillerait",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillerions",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travailleriez",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travailleraient",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaille",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travailles",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaille",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillions",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travailliez",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillent",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillasse",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillasses",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillât",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.ja/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillassions",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.ja.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillassiez",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.ja.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillassent",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaille",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.vaj/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillons",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "travaillez",
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "travailler",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "travail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "word": "travailliste"
    },
    {
      "word": "travailleur"
    },
    {
      "word": "travailleuse"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "All he does is work.",
          "text": "Il ne fait que travailler.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to work"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to study"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It, no larger than an egg, envious, elongated, stretched, and struggled / to equal the animal in size",
          "text": "Elle, qui n’était pas grosse comme un œuf / envieuse s’étend, et s’enfle, et se travaille / pour égaler l’animal en grosseur",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to struggle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "struggle",
          "struggle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʁa.va.je/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-travailler.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/Fr-travailler.ogg/Fr-travailler.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Fr-travailler.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "work",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "bosser"
    },
    {
      "sense": "work",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "taffer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "work",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "turbiner"
    }
  ],
  "word": "travailler"
}

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