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travail

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Pronunciation

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  • enPR: trə-vālʹ or trăvʹāl', IPA (key): /trəˈveɪl/ or /ˈtrævˌeɪl/
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Noun

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Singular
travail

Plural
travails or travaux

  1. Travail is the painful labor or suffering that someone went through.

Verb

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Plain form
travail

Third-person singular
travails

Past tense
travailed

Past participle
travailed

Present participle
travailing

  1. (intransitive) if a person travails, they go through the painful labor or suffering.