Travails - English meaning

Travails – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Engage in painful or laborious effort.
Usage examples:
Creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny

noun
Painful or laborious effort.
Usage examples:
Advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail

noun
The difficulties that are experienced as part of a particular situation
Usage examples:
The book chronicles the travails of a rural california family.

Travails translation into English

Travails: translate from English into Chinese

艰辛, 吃力的工作, 发生阵痛

Travails: translate from English into Dutch

Beproevingen, Arbeid, Barensnood

Travails: translate from English into French

Travail, Labeur, Peiner, Être en couche, Douleur de l'enfantement

Travails: translate from English into German

Mühen, Arbeit, Geburtswehen

Travails: translate from English into Hindi

गम

Travails: translate from English into Italian

Travagli, Doglie del parto, Avere le doglie del parto

Travails: translate from English into Korean

고생, 산고, 노고, 진통하다, 수고하다

Travails: translate from English into Russian

Мучения, Тяжелый труд, Мучительные усилия, Мучиться в родах, Выполнять трудную работу, Напрягаться, Родовые муки

Travails: translate from English into Spanish

Tribulaciones, Dolores del parto, Afanarse, Esfuerzo laborioso

Word origin

Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin trepalium ‘instrument of torture’, from Latin tres ‘three’ + palus ‘stake’.

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Travails – similar words

travailous

adjective
Characterized by or involving great effort, exertion, pain, or discomfort; laborious, exhausting; arduous, difficult.

Travailous - all meanings in English

travailing

verb
Engage in painful or laborious effort.
Usage examples:
Creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny

noun
Painful or laborious effort.
Usage examples:
Advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail

Travailing - all meanings in English

travailed

verb
Engage in painful or laborious effort.
Usage examples:
Creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny

noun
Painful or laborious effort.
Usage examples:
Advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail

Travailed - all meanings in English

travail

noun
Painful or laborious effort.
Usage examples:
Advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail

verb
Engage in painful or laborious effort.
Usage examples:
Creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny

noun
An unpleasant experience or situation, especially one that involves a lot of hard work or effort
Usage examples:
The recent travails of the airline industry

Travail - all meanings in English

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