1 hard work: “The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries”
arbeid

2 workmen on a job: “The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.”
arbeidskrachten

3 (in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: “She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.”
barensweea an, bevalling

4 used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.
Labour-partij

1 to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: “He spends the summer labouring on a building site.”
als arbeider werken

2 to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: “They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle”
zwoegen

laborious (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

difficult; requiring hard work: “Moving house is always a laborious process.”
moeizaam

la'boriously (Bijwoord)

moeizaam

la'boriousness (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

moeizaamheid

'labourer (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

a workman who is employed to do heavy work requiring little skill: “the labourers on a building site.”
arbeider

'labour court (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

a court of law for settling disputes between management and workers.
rechtbank voor arbeidszaken

'labour dispute (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

a disagreement between management and workers about working conditions, pay etc.
arbeidsconflict

'labour-saving (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

intended to lessen work: “washing-machines and other labour-saving devices.”
arbeidsbesparend
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to labour	hard werken (ww.)
the labour	de arbeid (v) ; de job (m) ; de karwei
labour (mv.)	arbeiders (mv.)
labour	arbeid ; arbeidskracht ; bevallen ; de arbeidskrachten ; overbelasten van motor ; ter wereld brengen ; weeën ; werk ; werken van het schip ; werkkrachten ; zwaar slingeren en stampen

Bronnen: interglot; Download IATE, European Union, 2017.; MWB; Wakefield genealogy pages; Autowoordenboek; Vlietstra




EN: chore
EN: employees
EN: employment
EN: graft
EN: grind
EN: hard work
EN: job
EN: occupation
EN: slog
EN: toil

Let op de verschillende spellingsvarianten in UK- en US-Engels: UK-spelling: labour US-spelling: labor

EN: it's lost labour (= labour lost) NL: 't is vergeefse moeite
EN: labour of love NL: werk verricht uit naastenliefde
EN: hard labour NL: dwangarbeid
EN: be in labour NL: in barensnood zijn