labeur

From Middle Dutch labeur, from Middle French labeur, from Old French labor, from Latin labor.

• IPA^(key): /laːˈbøːr/

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• Hyphenation: la‧beur
• Rhymes: -øːr

labeur n (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Belgium) toil, hard labour, heavy labour, in the past esp. on agricultural land

Inherited from Old French labor, borrowed from Latin labōrem.

• IPA^(key): /la.bœʁ/

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labeur m (plural labeurs)

1. toil

   Un dur labeur.

• (poetic) travail

• labeurer

• labourer
• laboureur

• “labeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• “labeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• abluer