We are indirectly dependent upon the labour of others for all the necessities and comforts of our lives.
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Labour
//ˈleɪ.bə//
Synonyms for "labour" (41 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Noun(4 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Related words (20)
Related word relations
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Synonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
60 entriesShowing 16 of 60 words.
form of
1 entrieshas context
3 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
similar
2 entriesTranslations
279 translations across 85 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- arbeid noun (work)
Albanian
1 entries- punë noun (work)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- μόχθος noun (hard work)
- πόνος noun (hard work)
- τοκετός noun (giving birth)
- ἔργον noun (work)
Arabic
4 entries- شُغْل noun (work)
- طَلْق noun (giving birth)
- عَمَل noun (work)
- مَخَاض noun (giving birth)
Armenian
4 entries- աշխատանք noun (work)
- երկունք noun (giving birth)
- ծննդաբերություն noun (giving birth)
- աշխատել verb (to work)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- iş noun (work)
- zəhmət noun (work)
- əmək noun (work)
- əziyyət noun (work)
Bashkir
1 entries- эш noun (work)
Belarusian
2 entries- пра́ца noun (work)
- ро́ды noun (giving birth)
Bengali
3 entries- কাজ noun (work)
- মেহনত noun (work)
- শ্রম noun (work)
Bulgarian
4 entries- рабо́тници noun (workers)
- роди́лни мъ́ки noun (giving birth)
- те́жка ра́бота noun (hard work)
- труд noun (work)
Burmese
2 entries- လုပ်အား noun (work)
- အလုပ် noun (work)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎭ verb (to work)
Chinese
1 entries- 勞動 /劳动 noun (work)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 勞動 /劳动 noun (work)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 勞動 /劳动 noun (work)
- 生產 /生产 noun (giving birth)
- 工作 verb (to work)
Church Slavic
4 entries- работа noun (work)
- троудъ noun (work)
- ⱃⰰⰱⱁⱅⰰ noun (work)
- ⱅⱃⱆⰴⱏ noun (work)
Czech
4 entries- dělnictvo noun (workers)
- námaha noun (work)
- porod noun (giving birth)
- porodní bolesti noun (giving birth)
Danish
2 entries- arbejde noun (work)
- fødselsveer noun (giving birth)
Dutch
2 entries- arbeid noun (work)
- bevalling noun (giving birth)
Esperanto
1 entries- akuŝpeno noun (giving birth)
Finnish
4 entries- aherrus noun (work)
- synnytys noun (giving birth)
- työläiset noun (workers)
- työvoima noun (workers)
French
4 entries- accouchement noun (giving birth)
- besogne noun (hard work)
- effort noun (work)
- labeur noun (hard work)
Friulian
1 entries- lavôr noun (work)
Georgian
1 entries- შრომა noun (work)
German
4 entries- Arbeit noun (work)
- Arbeiter noun (workers)
- Wehen noun (giving birth)
- arbeiten verb (to work)
Gothic
4 entries- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 noun (work)
- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 noun (hard work)
- 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to work)
- 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to work)
Greek
4 entries- γέννα noun (giving birth)
- δουλειά noun (work)
- εργασία noun (work)
- εργατικοί noun (political party)
Hebrew
3 entries- לֵדָה noun (giving birth)
- עֲבוֹדָה noun (work)
- עָמָל noun (work)
Hindi
3 entries- काम noun (work)
- श्रम noun (work)
- काम करना verb (to work)
Hungarian
4 entries- munka noun (work)
- munkásság noun (workers)
- szülés noun (giving birth)
- vajúdik verb (to suffer the pangs of childbirth)
Icelandic
2 entries- léttasótt noun (giving birth)
- vinna noun (work)
Ido
3 entries- laboro noun (work)
- parturo noun (giving birth)
- laborar verb (to work)
Indonesian
2 entries- kerja noun (work)
- tenaga kerja noun (work)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- زایْمان noun (giving birth)
- شُغْل noun (work)
- مِحْنَت noun (work)
- کار noun (work)
Irish
4 entries- Lucht Oibre name (Labour Party)
- obair noun (work)
- saothar noun (work)
- tinneas clainne noun (giving birth)
Istriot
1 entries- lavur noun (work)
Italian
4 entries- doglie noun (giving birth)
- lavoranti noun (workers)
- lavoratori noun (workers)
- lavoro noun (work)
Japanese
3 entries- 出産 noun (giving birth)
- 労働 noun (work)
- 働く verb (to work)
Kazakh
4 entries- еңбек noun (work)
- жұмыс noun (work)
- іс noun (work)
- қызмет noun (work)
Khmer
1 entries- ការងារ noun (work)
Korean
4 entries- 노동 noun (work)
- 로동 noun (work)
- 출산 noun (giving birth)
- 일하다 verb (to work)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- жумуш noun (work)
- иш noun (work)
- кызмат noun (work)
- эмгек noun (work)
Ladin
1 entries- lëur noun (work)
Lao
4 entries- ການທຳ noun (work)
- ງານ noun (work)
- ນັກງານ noun (work)
- ແຮງງານ noun (work)
Macedonian
1 entries- труд noun (work)
Malay
1 entries- kerja noun (work)
Malayalam
3 entries- അധ്വാനം noun (work)
- പ്രസവം noun (giving birth)
- അധ്വാനിക്കുക verb (to work)
Marathi
1 entries- लेबर name (Labour Party)
Mongolian
2 entries- ажил noun (work)
- хөдөлмөр noun (work)
Māori
4 entries- Reipa name (Labour Party)
- mahi noun (work)
- reipa noun (political party)
- taimahi noun (workers)
Nahuatl
1 entries- tequiua noun (work)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- arbeid noun (work)
- fødselsveer noun (giving birth)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fødselsvear noun (giving birth)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- робота noun (work)
- трудъ noun (work)
Old English
4 entries- earfoþe noun (work)
- earfoþe noun (giving birth)
- weorc noun (work)
- wyrhtan noun (workers)
Old Saxon
1 entries- arƀed noun (work)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- трудба noun (work)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Oabeit noun (work)
- Woakj noun (work)
Polish
4 entries- Partia Pracy name (Labour Party)
- poród noun (giving birth)
- praca noun (work)
- robota noun (hard work)
Portuguese
4 entries- labuta noun (work)
- mão de obra noun (workers)
- parto noun (giving birth)
- trabalho noun (work)
Romanian
3 entries- lucrători noun (workers)
- muncitori noun (workers)
- muncă noun (work)
Romansch
1 entries- lavur noun (work)
Russian
4 entries- рабо́та noun (work)
- рабо́чие noun (workers)
- рабо́чий класс noun (workers)
- ро́ды noun (giving birth)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- Làbarach name (Labour Party)
- luchd-obrach noun (workers)
- obair noun (work)
- saothair noun (work)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- rȃd noun (work)
- ра̑д noun (work)
Sicilian
4 entries- lavuri noun (work)
- partu noun (giving birth)
- sgravamentu noun (giving birth)
- travagghiatura noun (workers)
Slovak
1 entries- práca noun (work)
Slovene
1 entries- delo noun (work)
Spanish
4 entries- campesinos noun (workers)
- parición noun (giving birth)
- paritorio noun (giving birth)
- parto noun (giving birth)
Swedish
3 entries- arbete noun (work)
- arbetskraft noun (workers)
- arbeta verb (to work)
Tajik
4 entries- зоймон noun (giving birth)
- кор noun (work)
- меҳнат noun (work)
- шуғл noun (work)
Tatar
2 entries- хезмәт noun (work)
- эш noun (work)
Telugu
3 entries- కార్మికులు noun (workers)
- ప్రసవం noun (giving birth)
- శ్రమ noun (work)
Thai
3 entries- การงาน noun (work)
- งาน noun (work)
- แรงงาน noun (work)
Tocharian B
2 entries- lāṃs noun (work)
- lāṃs verb (to work)
Turkish
3 entries- emek noun (work)
- iş noun (work)
- işçiler noun (workers)
Turkmen
2 entries- iş noun (work)
- zähmet noun (work)
Ukrainian
4 entries- поло́ги noun (giving birth)
- пра́ця noun (work)
- ро́ди noun (giving birth)
- ро́диво noun (giving birth)
Urdu
4 entries- شُغْل noun (work)
- مِحْنَت noun (work)
- کام noun (work)
- کام کرنا verb (to work)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئەمگەك noun (work)
Uzbek
2 entries- ish noun (work)
- mehnat noun (work)
Venetan
1 entries- laóro noun (work)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lao động noun (work)
Welsh
4 entries- Llafur name (Labour Party)
- gwaith noun (work)
- gweithwyr noun (giving birth)
- llafur noun (work)
Yiddish
2 entries- אַרבעט noun (work)
- קימפּעט noun (giving birth)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Hanson is wrong when he states international economic developments led to great migrations of labour in the seventeenth century.
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"I'd rather get the sack than not join the labour union," said the disgruntled worker.
Source: tatoeba (73512)
The argument continues about the "white-collar exemption" that exempts specific white-collar workers from the "eight hours per day, 40 hours per week" working hours, as fixed by labour standards legislation.
Source: tatoeba (326663)
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