Travail Definition

trə-vāl, trăvāl
travails
noun
travails
Very hard work; toil.
Webster's New World
Tribulation or agony; anguish.
American Heritage
Labor pains; pains of childbirth.
Webster's New World
Hardship; trouble.
Webster's New World
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verb
To work very hard; toil.
Webster's New World
To have labor pains; suffer the pains of childbirth.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Travail

Noun

Singular:
travail
Plural:
travails, travaux

Origin of Travail

  • Middle English from Old French from travailler to work hard from Vulgar Latin tripāliāre to torture with a tripalium from Late Latin tripālium instrument of torture probably from Latin tripālis having three stakes tri- tri- pālus stake pag- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French travail (“suffering, torment").

    From Wiktionary

Travail Sentence Examples

  • For the first time all that pure, spiritual, inward travail through which she had lived appeared on the surface.

  • You know, I used to travail in prayer that God would show me His glory.

  • In all its varieties Burke's style is noble, earnest, deep-flowing, because his sentiment was lofty and fervid, and went with sincerity and ardent disciplined travail of judgment.

  • And so after much travail we come to Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton.

  • She caught the unfinished word in its flight and took it straight into her open heart, divining the secret meaning of all Pierre's mental travail.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

LILAIL

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Words Starting With T and Ending With L

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With T7 Letter Words Ending With L