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/tʁavaj/
Translation
work, job
Word origin
From Late Latin tripalium, a three-staked instrument of torture, from tres ('three') and palus ('stake'); the sense passed through 'torment' to 'toil, work'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tripalium
- English cognates
- travail, travel
Grammar
Examples
au .
She loves her job and never counts her hours at the office.
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Teamwork is essential to finish this project.
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The roadworks in the street blocked the traffic for three months.
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My job starts at nine in the morning.
concentration.
This work requires a lot of patience and concentration.
a un pluriel irrégulier : travaux (works, works of art, construction works). Au singulier, il désigne l'activité professionnelle ou l'effort intellectuel. Boulot (informal) et job (borrowed from English) sont des synonymes familiers très courants. Être au travail (to be at work) vs travailler (to work, verb).
Les travaux publics (public works) et les grandes oeuvres désignent les constructions d'infrastructure. Travail à la chaîne (assembly line work), travail d'équipe (teamwork), travail à mi-temps (part-time work) - les collocations professionnelles sont nombreuses. Bon courage dans ton travail est plus encourageant que bon courage dans ton boulot dans un contexte semi-formel.
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Used in
Stories
(18)Pas la même chose
2 min read · Core 1000
La fête surprise
3 min read · Core 1000
Le bus manqué
3 min read · Core 1000
Le jour du travail
3 min read · Core 1000
Le nouveau docteur
3 min read · Core 1000
Le premier jour de Clara
3 min read · Core 1000
Le premier jour de travail
3 min read · Core 1000
Clara trouve sa place
4 min read · Core 1000
Il ne reste que ça
4 min read · Core 5000
Le coffre du jardin
4 min read · Core 5000
Mathieu revient en ville
4 min read · Core 1000
Une rencontre au marché
4 min read · Core 1000
Elle commence à comprendre
5 min read · Core 5000
L'homme dont elle parle
5 min read · Core 5000
La seule qui puisse
5 min read · Core 5000
Pas devant les clients
5 min read · Core 1000
Quand tu auras fini
5 min read · Core 5000
Si j'avais su
5 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(7)French Concession Clauses: However It Turns Out
The French Future Perfect: futur antérieur
French Irregular Verbs: The Core Set, the -ir Split and the Patterns That Repeat
French Partitives and 'de': du, de la, des and the Negation Rule
French Pronouns Y and EN: there, some, of it, of them
The French Subjunctive After Necessity and Will
The French Subjunctive in Relative Clauses
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