labour

Etymology 1
From, , , from (modern ) and its etymon,.

Noun

 * 1) Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
 * 2) That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
 * 3)  Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
 * 4)  A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
 * 5)  The act of a mother giving birth.
 * 6) The time period during which a mother gives birth.
 * 7)  The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
 * 8)  A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
 * 9)  A group of moles.
 * 1)  The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
 * 2)  A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
 * 3)  A group of moles.
 * 1)  A group of moles.

Usage notes
Like many others ending in -our/-or, this word is spelled labour in the UK and labor in the U.S. As such, is the more common spelling of the unit. In Canada, labour is preferred, but labor is not unknown. In Australia, labour is the standard spelling, but the Australian Labour Party, founded 1908, "modernised" its spelling to Australian Labor Party in 1912 at the suggestion of American-born King O'Malley, who was a prominent leader in the ALP.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, zəhmət, ,
 * Bashkir: эш
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 勞動
 * Hokkien: 勞動
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: lavôr
 * Georgian: შრომა
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἔργον
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: obair, saothar
 * Istriot: lavur
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh:, еңбек, іс, қызмет
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz:, , ,
 * Ladin: lëur
 * Lao: ການທຳ, ນັກງານ, ງານ, ແຮງງານ
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: mahi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Nahuatl: tequiua
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: троудъ, работа
 * Glagolitic: ⱅⱃⱆⰴⱏ, ⱃⰰⰱⱁⱅⰰ
 * Old East Slavic: трудъ, робота
 * Old English: weorc, earfoþe
 * Old Saxon: arƀed
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Oabeit, Woakj
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: lavur
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: saothair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ра̑д
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:, шуғл
 * Tatar: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:, การงาน,
 * Tocharian B: lāṃs
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: iş,
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Uyghur: ئەمگەك
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian: laóro
 * Vietnamese: (勞動)
 * Welsh: ,
 * Yiddish: אַרבעט


 * Bulgarian: те́жка ра́бота
 * French: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: μόχθος, πόνος
 * Maori: whakarīrā
 * Old English: ġeswinc
 * Polish:
 * Russian: тяжёлая рабо́та
 * Sicilian: travagghiu pisanti


 * Bulgarian: рабо́тници
 * Czech:, pracovní síly
 * Finnish: työläiset,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: εργατικό δυναμικό
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: taimahi
 * Old English: wyrhtan
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: muncitori, lucrători
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian:, travagghiatura
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish: işçiler


 * French:, parti travailliste
 * Greek:, εργατικό κόμμα
 * Maori: reipa


 * Arabic: مَخَاض
 * Hijazi Arabic: طَلْق
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: ро́ды
 * Bulgarian: роди́лни мъ́ки
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, porodní bolesti
 * Danish: fødselsveer
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: akuŝpeno
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:, , ωδίνες τοκετού
 * Ancient: τοκετός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: léttasótt
 * Ido:
 * Irish: tinneas clainne
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: taunahua, whānautanga, , whakatina , whakamamae
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fødselsveer
 * Nynorsk: fødselsvear
 * Old English: earfoþe
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: saothair
 * Sicilian:, partu, sgravamentu
 * Spanish:
 * Tajik: зоймон
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: ро́ди, роди́ны,, поло́ги
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: קימפּעט

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from ; perhaps remotely akin to. Displaced native.

Verb

 * 1)  To toil, to work.
 * 2)  To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
 * 3) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
 * 4) To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
 * 5)  To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
 * 1) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
 * 2) To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
 * 3)  To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
 * 1) To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
 * 2)  To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
 * 1) To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
 * 2)  To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, трудя се
 * Cherokee: ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽, 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Ancient: ἐργάζομαι, πονέω
 * Hindi: काम करना
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: whakarīrā
 * Old English: swincan
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tocharian B: lāṃs-
 * Ukrainian: труди́тися
 * Urdu: کام کرنا


 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: whakatoutou

Noun

 * 1) work, job

Etymology
. See also.

Noun

 * 1) cultivation