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laborious

/ləˈbɔːɹiəs/luh-BAW-ree-uhs
/ləˈbɔɹiəs/luh-BAW-ree-uhs

Meaningtoilsome

Common meaning: needing much effort

Journey through time

  1. Latinlabor, labōris‘toil, effort’
  2. Frenchdaborieux
  3. Englishlaborious‘needing much effort’ · today

labor also in: laboratorylabourelaboratecollaborate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin labor ‘toil, effort’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry labor, p. 1024 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

collaborateelaboratelaboratorylabour

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