labor

Langue: fr

🇬🇧 /ˈleɪbə/ 🇺🇸 /ˈleɪbɜr/

📖 Définitions

noun
travail; Main-d'œuvre; accouchement; travail; main-d'œuvre; Parti travailliste

EN: Physical or mental work, especially of a hard or exhausting nature; toil.; The body of workers considered as a class; the workforce.; The process of childbirth, especially the period of uterine contractions from the onset to the delivery of the baby.; A task or piece of work, especially one that is difficult or requires great effort.; The cost or expense of work done; wages paid for work.; A political party representing the interests of workers, especially the Labour Party in the United Kingdom or Australia.
verb
peiner; avancer péniblement; s'appesantir; illusion; mettre bas

EN: To work hard; to exert oneself physically or mentally.; To move or proceed with great difficulty or effort.; To dwell on or elaborate a point excessively; to belabor.; To be under a mistaken belief or impression; to suffer from a delusion.; To experience the process of giving birth; to be in labor.

dénombrable / indénombrable Pluriel: labors 3e pers. sing.: labors Passé: labored Participe passé: labored Participe présent: laboring

hard laborlabor forcelabor marketlabor unionlabor of lovein labormanual laborlabor intensive

laborerlaboriouslaboriouslylaboriousnesslaboratory

worktoileffortdrudgerytravailexertion

restleisureidleness

labour

EN: 'Labour' is simply the British English spelling of the same word; 'labor' is American English.

fr: 'Labour' est simplement l'orthographe britannique du même mot ; 'labor' est l'orthographe américaine.

laborious

EN: 'Laborious' is the adjective meaning requiring great effort; 'labor' is the noun/verb form.

fr: 'Laborious' est l'adjectif signifiant nécessitant un grand effort ; 'labor' est la forme nom/verbe.

EN: American English spells it 'labor' (no 'u'), while British English uses 'labour'. Be consistent within a document.

fr: L'américain l'écrit 'labor' (sans 'u'), tandis que le britannique utilise 'labour'. Soyez cohérent dans un document.

The construction of the bridge required months of hard labor.

La construction du pont a nécessité des mois de dur labeur.
Labor and management finally reached an agreement after weeks of negotiation.

Les travailleurs et la direction ont finalement conclu un accord après des semaines de négociation.
She was in labor for twelve hours before the baby was born.

Elle a été en travail pendant douze heures avant la naissance du bébé.
Writing the encyclopedia was a labor that took him twenty years.

Écrire l'encyclopédie fut un travail qui lui prit vingt ans.
The total cost includes materials and labor.

Le coût total comprend les matériaux et la main-d'œuvre.
Labor won the election by a narrow margin.

Le Parti travailliste a remporté les élections de justesse.
The farmers labored in the fields from dawn to dusk.

Les paysans peinaient aux champs de l'aube au crépuscule.
The old truck labored up the steep hill.

Le vieux camion a gravi péniblement la colline escarpée.
There is no need to labor the point; we all understand the issue.

Il est inutile de s'appesantir sur ce point ; nous comprenons tous le problème.
He labors under the delusion that everyone is against him.

Il se fait l'illusion que tout le monde est contre lui.