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10 Language-to-English DictionariesToil
/tɔɪl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Exhausting physical labor or effort.
"After a long day of toil in the fields, the workers finally returned home."
- 1
To engage in hard and continuous work.
"He toiled for hours to complete the project before the deadline."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old French 'toiler' meaning 'to dispute, bustle, or struggle', which likely stems from the Latin 'tudiculare' meaning 'to bruise or beat'. Over time in Middle English, the meaning shifted from a state of confusion or dispute to denote exhausting physical labor and continuous hard work.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Toil" is said worldwide
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travail
Transliteration: travail
"Après un long travail dans les champs, les ouvriers sont enfin rentrés chez eux."
Mühe
Transliteration: Mühe
"Nach harter Mühe kehrten die Arbeiter endlich nach Hause zurück."
fatica
Transliteration: fatica
"Dopo una lunga fatica nei campi, i lavoratori sono finalmente tornati a casa."
trabajo
Transliteration: trabajo
"Después de un largo trabajo en los campos, los trabajadores finalmente regresaron a casa."
trabalho
Transliteration: trabalho
"Após um longo trabalho nos campos, os trabalhadores finalmente voltaram para casa."
मेहनत
Transliteration: mehnat
"खेतों में लंबी मेहनत के बाद, श्रमिक अंततः घर लौट आए।"
辛勤工作
Transliteration: xīnqín gōngzuò
"经过在田野里的辛勤工作，工人们终于回家了。"
노력
Transliteration: noryeok
"밭에서 오랜 노력 끝에 노동자들은 마침내 집으로 돌아갔습니다."
労働
Transliteration: rōdō
"畑での長い労働の後、労働者たちはようやく家に帰りました。"
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