travail
nounHow many syllables in travail?
There are 2 syllables in the word travail.How to pronounce travail:
Definition of travail:
- travail (noun):
- painful or exceptionally hard work
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work.
- work especially of a painful or laborious nature toil
Synonyms for travail:
affliction
agony
anguish
application
childbed
confinement
detrition
difficulty
diligence
discomfort
distress
drudgery
effort
elbow grease
excruciation
exercise
exercising
exertion
friction
grind
hard work
hardship
hurt
labor
labour
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Antonyms for travail:
apathy
be idle
break
comfort
disregard
ease
entertainment
fun
happiness
health
idleness
ignorance
inaction
inactivity
indifference
indolence
inertia
joy
laze around
laziness
leisure
lethargy
management
manager
misuse
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- novel
- murmured
- moue
- hellfire
- harder
- climax
- Calais
- tactful
- nutmeg
- thriving
- rohan
- nearly
- football
- bubbling
- abashed
- Saunak
- nucleus
- grazing
- Boston
- scarcely
- reptile
- quintet
- jogged
- fiscal
- doubtful
- begrimed
- napping
- kernel
- Ayla
- prudent
- Ganna
- Gisele
- housing
- cawing
- gladdest
- Eshaal
- paddy
- noodling
- snoring
- landing
- Polish
- legion
- labeled
- car-load
- Joshlynn
- richness
- reeling
- gumdrop
- gazelles
- claypan
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Syllable Fun Fact
In non-linear phonology, the syllable is seen not as a linear sequence but as a hierarchical structure of constituents.
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