"travail" meaning in English

See travail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /trəˈveɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-travail.wav [UK] Forms: travail [singular], travails or travaux [plural]
enPR: trə-vālʹ Head templates: {{noun|3=travaux}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Travail is the painful labor or suffering that someone went through.
    Sense id: simple-travail-en-noun-ogkekK9f

Verb

IPA: /trəˈveɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-travail.wav [UK] Forms: travail [canonical], travails [third-person, singular], travailed [past], travailed [past, participle], travailing [present, participle]
enPR: trə-vālʹ Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. if a person travails, they go through the painful labor or suffering.
    Sense id: simple-travail-en-verb-34DDL2CC Categories (other): Verbs
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