laborieux

/la.bɔ.ʁjø/

adjective B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. laborious, hardworking

Similar words

travailleur

laborieux also separately means "laborious," difficult or toilsome; travailleur is more purely "hardworking."

Similar in other languages

English

hard

Close, figuratively — laborious relates to hard (work).

Practice

1 What does laborieux mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ce fut un travail long et ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches laborieux?

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