labor

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Noun [edit]

labor (countable and uncountable; plural labors)

  1. (US) Alternative form of labour.
    • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
      ...so I set myself to enlarge my cave, and work farther into the earth; for it was a loose sandy rock, which yielded easily to the labour I bestowed on it...

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Verb [edit]

labor (third-person singular simple present labors, present participle laboring, simple past and past participle labored)

  1. (US) Alternative form of labour.

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Latin [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

labos (genitive labōris); m, third declension

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂b- (to hang loosely).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

labor (genitive labōris); m, third declension

  1. work

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative labor labōrēs
genitive labōris labōrum
dative labōrī labōribus
accusative labōrem labōrēs
ablative labōre labōribus
vocative labor labōrēs

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Verb [edit]

present active lābor, present infinitive lābī, perfect active lāpsus sum. (deponent)

  1. I slip
  2. I glide, flow

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Spanish [edit]

Noun [edit]

labor f (plural labores)

  1. job
  2. work
  3. labor

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