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Pronunciation / Transliteration: noryeok
"밭에서 오랜 노력 끝에 노동자들은 마침내 집으로 돌아갔습니다."
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 Latin tudiculare meaning 'to pound or crush in a mortar' (from tudicula, a small machine for crushing olives). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from physical commotion and struggle to arduous, continuous physical or mental labor.
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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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