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travail

  • noun
  • tra·vail
  • trə-vālʹ

Specifically, the labor of childbirth.

Other meanings

  1. Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.

  2. An act of working; labor US, labour British.

Example sentences

  • “They finally succeeded after many months of travail.”

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Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “travail” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.