Labour

Alternative forms

 * labor

Etymology
From labouren: <  laborer: <  laborare: < labor:; perhaps remotely akin to robur:.

Noun

 * 1) Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
 * 2)  Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
 * 3)  A political party or force 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

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: труд
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 勞動, 劳动
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 労働
 * Korean: 노동 (勞動), 로동
 * Nahuatl: tequiua
 * Old English:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: శ్రమ (srama)
 * Vietnamese: lao động (勞動)


 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: εργατοδυναμικό
 * Hungarian: munkásság
 * Italian: ,


 * Russian: рабочий класс, рабочий
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: కార్మికులు (kaarmikulu)


 * Armenian: ծննդաբերություն,
 * Czech:, porodní bolesti
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ωδίνες τοκετού, πόνοι γέννας, κοιλοπόνημα


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Russian: роды
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: ప్రసవం (prasavam)

Verb

 * 1)  To toil, to work.
 * 2)  To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
 * I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 工作
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: arbeiten
 * Greek: εργάζομαι, δουλεύω


 * Hindi: काम करना
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 働く
 * Korean: 일하다
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Urdu: کام کرنا

Related terms

 * laboratory
 * laborious
 * labourer
 * labourite
 * labour-saving

Noun

 * 1) work, job

Noun

 * 1) cultivation

Related terms

 * labourable
 * labourage

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