toil

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From Middle English toilen, toylen, apparently a conflation of Anglo-Norman toiller (“to agitate, stir up, entangle”) (compare Old Northern French tooillier, tooullier (“to agitate, stir”); of unknown origin), and Middle English tilyen, telien, teolien, tolen, tolien, tulien (“to till, work, labour”), from Old English tilian, telian, teolian, tiolian (“to exert oneself, toil, work, make, generate, strive after, try, endeavor, procure, obtain, gain, provide, tend, cherish, cultivate, till, plough, trade, traffic, aim at, aspire to, treat, cure”) (compare Middle Dutch tuylen, teulen (“to till, work, labour”)), from Proto-Germanic *tilōną (“to strive, reach for, aim for, hurry”). Cognate with Scots tulyie (“to quarrel, flite, contend”). An alternate etymology derives Middle English toilen, toylen directly from Middle Dutch tuylen, teulen (“to work, labour, till”), from tuyl ("agriculture, labour, toil"; > Modern Dutch tuil (“toil; work”)). Cognate with Old Frisian teula (“to labour, toil”), teule (“labour, work”), Dutch tuil (“toil, labour”). Compare also Dutch telen (“to grow; raise; cultivate, till”). More at till.

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَدْح (kadḥ) — labor, work
• Arabic: شقى (šaʔa) — labor, work
• Asturian: traxín — labor, work
• Azerbaijani: əmək — labor, work
• Azerbaijani: əziyyət — labor, work
• Azerbaijani: zəhmət — labor, work
• Bengali: মেহনত (mehonot) — labor, work
• Bulgarian: тежка работа (težka rabota) — labor, work
• Bulgarian: трепане (trepane) — labor, work
• Catalan: treball — labor, work
• Chinese Mandarin: 辛勞 /辛劳 (xīnláo) — labor, work
• Czech: dřina — labor, work
• Czech: lopota — labor, work
• Dutch: gezwoeg — labor, work
• Finnish: ahkerointi — labor, work
• Finnish: uurastus — labor, work
• French: labeur — labor, work
• German: Mühe — labor, work
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (arbaiþs) — labor, work
• Greek: κόπος (kópos) — labor, work
• Greek: μόχθος (móchthos) — labor, work
• Ancient Greek: κόπος (kópos) — labor, work
• Ancient Greek: πόνος (pónos) — labor, work
• Hebrew: עָמָל ('amál) — labor, work
• Irish: sclábhaíocht — labor, work
• Istriot: fadeîga — labor, work
• Italian: lavoro — labor, work
• Italian: fatica — labor, work
• Latin: labor — labor, work
• Māori: whakarīrā — labor, work
• Polish: trud — labor, work
• Portuguese: labuta — labor, work
• Romanian: trudă — labor, work
• Russian: труд (trud) — labor, work
• Russian: рабо́та (rabóta) — labor, work
• Serbo-Croatian: rabota — labor, work
• Spanish: deslomadura — labor, work
• Swedish: slit — labor, work
• Swedish: stret — labor, work
• Tamil: உழைப்பு (uḻaippu) — labor, work
• Tamil: பாடு (pāṭu) — labor, work
• Venetan: fadiga — labor, work
• Bulgarian: мъка (mǎka) — trouble, strife
• Czech: soužení — trouble, strife
• Czech: trápení — trouble, strife
• Finnish: vastukset — trouble, strife
• Finnish: vaiva — trouble, strife
• Hebrew: עָמָל ('amál) — trouble, strife
• Italian: disputa — trouble, strife
• Italian: tenzone — trouble, strife
• Italian: litigio — trouble, strife
• Italian: baruffa — trouble, strife
• Italian: diverbio — trouble, strife
• Russian: беда́ (bedá) — trouble, strife
• Russian: го́ре (góre) — trouble, strife
• Afrikaans: bakstaan — to labour, to work
• Arabic: تَعِبَ (taʕiba) — to labour, to work
• Arabic: كَدَحَ (kadaḥa) — to labour, to work
• Arabic: كَدَ (kada) — to labour, to work
• Arabic: شقي (šeʔi) — to labour, to work
• Bulgarian: трудя се (trudja se) — to labour, to work
• Bulgarian: трепя се (trepja se) — to labour, to work
• Chinese Mandarin: 辛勞 /辛劳 (xīnláo) — to labour, to work
• Czech: dřít — to labour, to work
• Dutch: werken — to labour, to work
• Dutch: zwoegen — to labour, to work
• Dutch: labeuren — to labour, to work
• Finnish: raataa — to labour, to work
• Finnish: rehkiä — to labour, to work
• French: travailler — to labour, to work
• German: schuften — to labour, to work
• German: sich plagen — to labour, to work
• German: sich quälen — to labour, to work
• German: roboten — to labour, to work
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (arbaidjan) — to labour, to work
• Greek: κοπιάζω (kopiázo) — to labour, to work
• Ancient Greek: πονέω (ponéō) — to labour, to work
• Ancient Greek: μοχθέω (mokhthéō) — to labour, to work
• Ancient Greek: κοπιάω (kopiáō) — to labour, to work
• Ancient Greek: μογέω (mogéō) — to labour, to work
• Ido: laboregar — to labour, to work
• Italian: faticare — to labour, to work
• Italian: lavorare — to labour, to work
• Māori: whakarīrā — to labour, to work
• Portuguese: ralar — to labour, to work
• Russian: труди́ться (trudítʹsja) — to labour, to work
• Russian: вка́лывать (vkályvatʹ) — to labour, to work
• Spanish: yugar — to labour, to work
• Spanish: yuguear — to labour, to work
• Spanish: ajetrearse — to labour, to work
• Spanish: afanar — to labour, to work
• Spanish: afanarse — to labour, to work
• Spanish: apencar — to labour, to work
• Spanish: azacanear — to labour, to work
• Spanish: azacanarse — to labour, to work
• Spanish: pencar — to labour, to work
• Spanish: chapar — to labour, to work
• Spanish: deslomarse — to labour, to work
• Swedish: slita — to labour, to work
• Swedish: streta — to labour, to work
• Swedish: knoga — to labour, to work
• Tamil: பாடுபடு (pāṭupaṭu) — to labour, to work
• Tamil: உழை (uḻai) — to labour, to work
• Telugu: కష్టపడు (kaṣṭapaḍu) — to labour, to work
• Telugu: కష్టించు (kaṣṭiñcu) — to labour, to work
• Turkish: didinmek — to labour, to work
• Ukrainian: труди́тися (trudýtysja) — to labour, to work