labeur

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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  • IPA(key): /laːˈbøːr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: la‧beur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Noun[edit]

labeur n (uncountable)

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

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French labor, borrowed from Latin labōrem.

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labeur m (plural labeurs)

  1. toil
    Un dur labeur.

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