laborious

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• /ləˈbɔːɹiəs/
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From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus. By surface analysis, labor + -ious

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: труден (truden) — requiring much physical effort
• Bulgarian: напрегнат (napregnat) — requiring much physical effort
• Catalan: laboriós — requiring much physical effort
• Czech: pracný — requiring much physical effort
• Dutch: bewerkelijk — requiring much physical effort
• Dutch: arbeidsintensief — requiring much physical effort
• Dutch: laborieus — requiring much physical effort
• French: laborieux — requiring much physical effort
• German: arbeitsintensiv — requiring much physical effort
• German: mühselig — requiring much physical effort
• German: mühsam — requiring much physical effort
• German: arbeitsaufwändig — requiring much physical effort
• Ancient Greek: ἐπίπονος (epíponos) — requiring much physical effort
• Ancient Greek: μογερός (mogerós) — requiring much physical effort
• Irish: saothrach — requiring much physical effort
• Irish: maslach — requiring much physical effort
• Italian: laborioso — requiring much physical effort
• Latin: labōriōsus — requiring much physical effort
• Old English: earfoþe — requiring much physical effort
• Polish: pracochłonny — requiring much physical effort
• Polish: mozolny — requiring much physical effort
• Portuguese: laborioso — requiring much physical effort
• Portuguese: trabalhoso — requiring much physical effort
• Romanian: laborios — requiring much physical effort
• Russian: трудоёмкий (trudojómkij) — requiring much physical effort
• Russian: тру́дный (trúdnyj) — requiring much physical effort
• Russian: тяжёлый (tjažólyj) — requiring much physical effort
• Russian: напряжённый (naprjažónnyj) — requiring much physical effort
• Russian: утоми́тельный (utomítelʹnyj) — requiring much physical effort
• Spanish: laborioso — requiring much physical effort
• Swedish: mödosam — requiring much physical effort
• Swedish: tung — requiring much physical effort
• Bulgarian: мъчен (mǎčen) — mentally difficult
• Russian: кропотли́вый (kropotlívyj) — mentally difficult
• Spanish: dispendioso — mentally difficult