travail

/tษนษ™หˆveษชl/

IPA: /T R AH0 V EY1 L/

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Specifically, the labor of childbirth.

  3. 3

    An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).

  4. 4

    The eclipse of a celestial object.

noun
  1. 1

    The act of traveling; passage from place to place.

    โ€œspace travelโ€

  2. 2

    (in the plural) A series of journeys.

    โ€œIโ€™m off on my travels around France again.โ€

  3. 3

    (in the plural) An account of one's travels.

  4. 4

    The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.

  5. 5

    The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.

    โ€œMy drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.โ€

  6. 6

    Labour; parturition; travail.

noun
  1. 1

    A traditional North American Indian sled-like vehicle, pulled by person, dog, or horse.

verb
  1. 1

    To toil.

  2. 2

    To go through the labor of childbirth.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/travail, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/travel, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/travois