Meaning of "travail" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TRAVAIL

From Old French travaillier, from Vulgar Latin tripaliāre (unattested) to torture, from Late Latin trepālium instrument of torture, from Latin tripālis having three stakes, from trēs three + pālus stake.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TRAVAIL

travail  [ˈtræveɪl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRAVAIL

Travail is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb travail in English.

WHAT DOES TRAVAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Travail

Travail was a Christian nu metal / rapcore band based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in Texas. Fronted by Matt Leslie, it had an intense following at Club 412, a local church-sponsored lounge and music venue located in southwest Fort Worth. Stylistic comparisons were often drawn between their sound and that of secular rock acts popular at the time such as Korn. The band was signed on Pluto Records and then were picked up by national label Metro One. After releasing their second album, Beautiful Loneliness, on the Metro One label, Travail received a nomination for the 2001 Dove Awards in the Hard Music Recorded Song category. Before touring much under the new label, however, Travail broke up. Their most requested song, "Judge Me" is still a very popular song and the video for "Return" is still a popular video among those who enjoy the rapcore/nu metal genre. Guitarist Aaron Wiese later joined the band Spoken, but left in 2008. Members Matt Leslie, Brian Hoover, Daniel McKay, and Duane Smith have started a new band with Travis Knight as their second guitarist. The new band is called "Southern Train Gypsy".

Definition of travail in the English dictionary

The first definition of travail in the dictionary is painful or excessive labour or exertion. Other definition of travail is the pangs of childbirth; labour. Travail is also to suffer or labour painfully, esp in childbirth.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TRAVAIL

PRESENT

Present

I travail

you travail

he/she/it travails

we travail

you travail

they travail

Present continuous

I am travailing

you are travailing

he/she/it is travailing

we are travailing

you are travailing

they are travailing

Present perfect

I have travailed

you have travailed

he/she/it has travailed

we have travailed

you have travailed

they have travailed

Present perfect continuous

I have been travailing

you have been travailing

he/she/it has been travailing

we have been travailing

you have been travailing

they have been travailing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I travailed

you travailed

he/she/it travailed

we travailed

you travailed

they travailed

Past continuous

I was travailing

you were travailing

he/she/it was travailing

we were travailing

you were travailing

they were travailing

Past perfect

I had travailed

you had travailed

he/she/it had travailed

we had travailed

you had travailed

they had travailed

Past perfect continuous

I had been travailing

you had been travailing

he/she/it had been travailing

we had been travailing

you had been travailing

they had been travailing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will travail

you will travail

he/she/it will travail

we will travail

you will travail

they will travail

Future continuous

I will be travailing

you will be travailing

he/she/it will be travailing

we will be travailing

you will be travailing

they will be travailing

Future perfect

I will have travailed

you will have travailed

he/she/it will have travailed

we will have travailed

you will have travailed

they will have travailed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been travailing

you will have been travailing

he/she/it will have been travailing

we will have been travailing

you will have been travailing

they will have been travailing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would travail

you would travail

he/she/it would travail

we would travail

you would travail

they would travail

Conditional continuous

I would be travailing

you would be travailing

he/she/it would be travailing

we would be travailing

you would be travailing

they would be travailing

Conditional perfect

I would have travail

you would have travail

he/she/it would have travail

we would have travail

you would have travail

they would have travail

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been travailing

you would have been travailing

he/she/it would have been travailing

we would have been travailing

you would have been travailing

they would have been travailing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you travail
we let´s travail
you travail

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to travail

Past participle

travailed

Present Participle

travailing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TRAVAIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «travail» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of travail

childbirth · distress · drudge · drudgery · effort · exertion · grind · hardship · labour · labour pains · pain · slave · slavery · slog · strain · stress · suffer · suffering · sweat · tears · toil

TRANSLATION OF TRAVAIL

Find out the translation of travail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of travail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «travail» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 劬劳
• Translator English - Spanish: travail
• English: travail
• Translator English - Hindi: travail
• Translator English - Arabic: العناء
• Translator English - Russian: изнурение
• Translator English - Portuguese: travail
• Translator English - Bengali: পরিশ্রম
• Translator English - French: labeur
• Translator English - Malay: Kesakitan
• Translator English - German: Geburtswehen
• Translator English - Japanese: 苦労
• Translator English - Korean: 진통
• Translator English - Javanese: Travail
• Translator English - Vietnamese: công việc cực khổ
• Translator English - Tamil: வருத்தத்தின் பலனைக்
• Translator English - Marathi: वेदना
• Translator English - Turkish: doğum sancıları
• Translator English - Italian: doglie del parto
• Translator English - Polish: travail
• Translator English - Ukrainian: виснаження
• Translator English - Romanian: travail
• Translator English - Greek: travail
• Translator English - Afrikaans: baar
• Translator English - Swedish: travail
• Translator English - Norwegian: travail

5 QUOTES WITH «TRAVAIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word travail.

1

Mortimer Adler

An educated person is one who, through the travail of his own life, has assimilated the ideas that make him representative of his culture.

2

Jim Bishop

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father and mother, born in such travail that the writer despises the thing that enslaved him.

3

Theodore Dreiser

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.

4

John L. Lewis

Out of the agony and travail of economic America the Committee for Industrial Organization was born.

5

Bob Newhart

People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAVAIL»

Discover the use of travail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to travail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of ...

This is why it is appropriate to speak of the ambiguous ecological promises of Christian theology.

H. Paul Santmire, 1985

Pan's Travail: Environmental Problems of the Ancient Greeks ...

In Pan's Travail, J. Donald Hughes examines the environmental history of the classical period and argues that the decline of ancient civilizations resulted in part from exploitation of the natural world.

J. Donald Hughes, 1996

Connaissance Et Travail Du Vin

Veritable digest of enology.

Emile Peynaud, 1984

Between the Times: The Travail of the Protestant ...

In this book, twelve historians examine the nature of the American Protestant establishment and its response to the growing pluralism of this century.

William R. Hutchison, 1990

Woman in Travail: Travailing for Abraham's Seed a Work of ...

You will agree with me that there cannot be a change without a changer and until there is a mover there can't be any move. This book unequivocally asserts that you must accept responsibility for change before you can experience a change.

Mary Elizabeth Abrams Akinkuotu, 2009

Cadre Promotionnel Pour la Sécurité Et la Santé Au Travail: ...

Gives the replies, responses to specific questions and observations, received from governments, employers' and workers' organizations, concerning the proposed Convention and proposed Recommendation on the promotional framework for ...

‎2006

Dictionnaire canadien des relations du travail

Dans la première section, chaque notice comprend la traduction anglaise et une définition du terme et son contexte.

Gérard Dion, 1986

Women in Travail and Transition: A New Pastoral Care

Greater knowledge of women's experience, this book argues, will enable all caregivers—whether female or male—to provide better pastoral care when the gender-specific presuppositions of that care are examined.

Maxine Glaz, Jeanne Stevenson Moessner, 1991

Concilier Flexibilité Du Travail Et Cohésion Sociale: Les ...

La journée de travail et la semaine de travail sont officiellement − et encore plus non officieusement − prolongées pour une partie prédominante des travailleurs. Cela permet une durée du travail beaucoup plus longue que celle fixée par le ...

‎2007

Repenser Les Institutions Pour Le Travail Et L'emploi:

"Clothing Outwork: Union Strategy, Labour Regulation and Labour Market Restructuring," Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 41, no. 2, 203-227. RESUME La presente etude procede a 1'analyse du travail a domicile en Australie. Tel que defini ...

Canadian Industrial Relations Association. Meeting, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRAVAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term travail is used in the context of the following news items.

Travail Lakeside Party: Win tickets to this ultimate food-lovers party

Congratulations to Leanna Hanson, Laura Guerrero Larson, Korto Ann Dixon, Ryan Chapman and Kate Khan! You've each won a pair of tickets to Travail ... «City Pages, Jun 15»

Travail crafting the ultimate pop-up

Because they didn't already have enough going on in their three-ring, four-star circus of a restaurant, the creative-energy-to-burn ownership behind Travail ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 15»

Travail will host all-star potluck for hurt chef

More than 20 star chefs, brewmasters and food experts from around the Twin Cities will assemble at Travail Kitchen & Amusements this month for a fundraiser ... «Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, May 15»

Travail hosting fundraiser for injured chef

"[Tommy] had a GoFundMe me page set up by friends," said Travail's Megan Leafblad. "We were going to contribute to that and then thought we could throw a ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Apr 15»

Reflecting on Travail Kitchen and Amusement's First Year

Travail is not just a singular dining experience, but a restaurant built from tenacity and a few crazy ideas. What's easy to miss in the thumping music, carnival ... «Eater, Mar 15»

Bite Of Minnesota: Travail Experience

By now you've likely heard of Travail, the popular chef driven restaurant in Robbinsdale. You've probably read stories both about the long lines and the amazing ... «CBS Local, Mar 15»

Want to eat at Travail? Buy a ticket

A Travail chef preps a course using liquid nitrogen in the open kitchen of its new building in downtown Robbinsdale. All the cooks double as waitstaff and make ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Feb 15»

Travail Sells Tickets for Nightly Dining Experience

It used to be that the only way to guarantee a table inside Robbinsdale's Travail Kitchen and Amusements was to either be a Kickstarter backer or line up outside ... «Eater, Feb 15»

No reservations: Popular Twin Cities restaurant will sell tickets to dine

Travail will begin selling tickets for March “reservations” starting next Wednesday, Feb. 18. After that, tickets will typically be released three months at a time ... «Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews, Feb 15»

Travail's meal ticket: Restaurant will sell dinner seats

Robbinsdale restaurant Travail is known for a couple things: Really good food, an absolutely tremendous Kickstarter campaign and incredibly long lines to get in ... «Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, Feb 15»