Definition
To toil or labor excessively; to work hard or struggle forward with effort.
Etymology
Compound of Old French/Germanic 'for-' (forward, excessively) plus 'travail' (Old French 'travail,' from Latin 'tripalium' meaning 'instrument of torture,' hence suffering or hard work).
Kelly Says
The root 'travail' originally meant literally being tortured on a three-spiked device—so 'fortravail' means to push yourself forward through torture-level suffering. Medieval monks used this word for their spiritual exertion, basically saying 'I suffered onward with purpose!'
Translations
AMአማርኛ
fortravail
for-tra-vail
ARالعربية
fortravail
for-tra-vail
BNবাংলা
fortravail
for-tra-vail
CACatalà
fortravail
for-tra-vail
CSČeština
fortravail
for-tra-vail
DADansk
fortravail
for-tra-vail
DEDeutsch
fortravail
for-tra-vail
ELΕλληνικά
fortravail
for-tra-vail
ESEspañol
fortravail
for-tra-vail
FAفارسی
fortravail
for-tra-vail
FISuomi
fortravail
for-tra-vail
FRFrançais
fortravail
for-tra-vail
GUGU
fortravail
for-tra-vail
HAHA
fortravail
for-tra-vail
HEעברית
fortravail
for-tra-vail
HIहिन्दी
fortravail
for-tra-vail
HUMagyar
fortravail
for-tra-vail
IDBahasa Indonesia
fortravail
for-tra-vail
IGIG
fortravail
for-tra-vail
ITItaliano
fortravail
for-tra-vail
JA日本語
fortravail
for-tra-vail
KKKK
fortravail
for-tra-vail
KMKM
fortravail
for-tra-vail
KO한국어
fortravail
for-tra-vail
MRMR
fortravail
for-tra-vail
MSBahasa Melayu
fortravail
for-tra-vail
MYမြန်မာ
fortravail
for-tra-vail
NLNederlands
fortravail
for-tra-vail
NONorsk
fortravail
for-tra-vail
PAPA
fortravail
for-tra-vail
PLPolski
fortravail
for-tra-vail
PTPortuguês
fortravail
for-tra-vail
RORomână
fortravail
for-tra-vail
RUРусский
fortravail
for-tra-vail
SVSvenska
fortravail
for-tra-vail
SWKiswahili
fortravail
for-tra-vail
TAதமிழ்
fortravail
for-tra-vail
TEతెలుగు
fortravail
for-tra-vail
THไทย
fortravail
for-tra-vail
TLTL
fortravail
for-tra-vail
TRTürkçe
fortravail
for-tra-vail
UKУкраїнська
fortravail
for-tra-vail
URاردو
fortravail
for-tra-vail
VITiếng Việt
fortravail
for-tra-vail
YOYO
fortravail
for-tra-vail
ZH中文
fortravail
for-tra-vail
ZUZU
fortravail
for-tra-vail