Labour

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Related terms 2 French 2.1 Noun 2.2 Related terms

English

Alternative spellings

• Labour is the only accepted spelling in British English.
• Labor is the only spelling recognized as correct in American English.

Pronunciation

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Noun

labour (plural: labours)

1. Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
2. Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organized labour.
3. See Labour; Labour Party; political party aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
4. The act of a mother giving birth
5. The time period during which a mother gives birth.

Translations

work

Finnish: aherrus Old English: earfeþe

Swedish: arbete Telugu: శ్రమ (srama)

workers

Finnish: työläiset, työvoima

Swedish: arbetskraft Telugu: కార్మికులు (kaarmikulu)

giving birth

Telugu: ప్రసవం (prasavam)

Verb

to labour (third-person singular simple present labours, present participle labouring, simple past laboured, past participle laboured)

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To toil, to work.

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To belabour, to emphasize or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).

Translations

• Finnish: raataa, ahertaa
• Japanese: 働く (はたらく)
• Swedish: arbeta

Related terms

• laboratory
• laborious
• labourer
• labourite
• labour-saving

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French

Noun

labour m.

1. cultivation

Related terms

• labourble
• labourage
• labourer

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