travail

About 1.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun Specifically, the labor of childbirth.
3. noun An act of working; labor , labour .
4. noun The eclipse of a celestial object.
5. noun Obsolete form of travel.
6. noun Alternative form of travois (“a kind of sled”)
7. verb To toil.
8. verb To go through the labor of childbirth.

Similar words

toil moil labour elbow grease effort exertion drudge confinement grind labor

Often followed by

of et de and in des en du dans

Word family

travailed travailing travails travaux