laborer

/ˈleɪb(ə)rə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈleɪb(ə)rə/

laborer

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

la - bo - rer -> laborer

Myanmar meaning

အလုပ်ကြမ်းသမား။ခွန်းအားနှင့်ရင်းပြီးလုပ်ရသောသူ။ကာယလုပ်သား။

Full entry

labour (US labor ) /'leÇbǝ(r)/ n

၁။ (က) [U] အလုပ်ကြမ်း။ manual labour ❍ save on labour costs.
(ခ) [C usu pl ] (fml ) အားထုတ်မှု။ ဝါယမစိုက်ထုတ်မှု။ see the results/the fruits of one's labours. ❍ WORK¹
၂။ [U] အလုပ်ကြမ်း သမား။ ကာယလုပ်သား။ အလုပ်သမား။ skilled/unskilled labour ❍ the free movement of labour in the European Union ❍ Labour leaders met today at the Trade Union Conference. ❍ labour relations (ie between workers and employers).
၃။ [U, Sing] သားဖွားခြင်း။ go into/be in/begin labour ❍ have labour pains ❍ She had a difficult labour.
၄။ Labour [Gp] (abbr Lab ) (Brit politics ) လေဘာပါတီ။
a Labour candidate/government/ supporter ❍ Labour has said it opposes the government's housing policy.
v
၁။ အလုပ်လုပ်သည်။ ကြိုးပမ်းသည်။
the labouring classes ❍ I've been labouring (away) at this report all morning. ❍ They are labouring to finish the job on time. See also LABOURING
၂။ ပင်ပန်းကြီးစွာ (တက်၊ ရွေ့၊ လည်) သည်။ The van laboured up the steep mountain track.
❏ Labour Day (US Labor Day ) n အလုပ်သမားနေ့ (ဗြိတိန်၌ မေလတစ်ရက်၊ အမေရိကန်တွင် စက်တင်ဘာလ၏ ပထမတနင်္လာနေ့)။ Compare MAYDAY
❏ laboured (US labored ) adj
၁။ ခက်ခက်ခဲခဲ ပင်ပင်ပန်းပန်း (ဖြစ်သော)။ laboured breathing. (ဖုတ်လှိုက်ဖုတ်လှိုက်) အသက်ရှူသံ။
၂။ တမင်တကာ ဖြစ်ညှစ်ကြိုးပမ်းထားသော။ his laboured attempts at humour ❍ a laboured style of writing. See also LABORIOUS ၂
❏ labourer (US laborer ) /'leÇbǝrǝ(r)/ n အလုပ်ကြမ်း သမား။ a farm labourer.
❏ labour force n [U] လုပ်သားအင်အား။ a skilled labour force ❍ One in ten of the labour force is now unemployed.
❏ labouring (US laboring ) /'leÇbǝrÇŋ/ n (U) အလုပ်ကြမ်း။ He tried a number of labouring jobs.
❏ labour-intensive adj လုပ်သားသုံးသော။ ကာယ လုပ်အား သုံး။ using traditional labour-intensive methods. Compare CAPITAL INTENSIVE
❏ a labour of love [IDM ] စေတနာသက်သက်၊ ဝါသနာ သက်သက်လုပ်ငန်း။
❏ the Labour Party n [GP ] (Brit politics ) ဗြိတိန်နိုင်ငံ၊ နိုင်ငံရေးအဖွဲ့ကြီးများအနက် တစ်ခုဖြစ်၍ အလုပ်သမားများ ကိုယ်စားပြုသောအဖွဲ့။ လေဘာပါတီ။ အလုပ်သမားပါတီ။ See also THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY, THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
❏ labour the point [IDM ] အပ်ကြောင်းထပ်အောင် ပြော သည်။
I understand what you're trying to say—there's no need to labour the point.
❏ labour-saving adj အလုပ်သက်သာစေသော။ အင်အား ချွေတာရာရောက်သော။ modern labour-saving devices like the washing machine.
❏ labour under sth [PHRV ] (fml ) (တလွဲယုံမှတ်၍) ကြိုးပမ်းအားထုတ်သည်။ I'm afraid he's still labouring under the delusion that he can act!

More examples

The declining demand for labour in agriculture
A plentiful supply of cheap labour
[skilled/unskilled labour] : The demand for skilled labour in the building industry is high.
[casual labour] : Hotel managers need skilled staff and can’t afford to rely on casual labour.
A meeting between management and labour
[organized labour] : In the 1960s the strength of organized labour was becoming more apparent.
A labour dispute
The company is passing its higher labour costs on to its customers.
The traditional division of labour between men and women in the home
The price quoted includes the cost of all labour and materials.
In return for his labours, he receives food and shelter.
Drugs to ensure pain-free labour and delivery
[go into labour] : She went into labour early this morning.
[be in labour] : His wife was in labour for six hours.
Labour pains
A labour ward

Synonyms

accentuate, activity, agonise, and tears, apprentice, bear down, belabour, birth, birth pangs, blood, blue collar, blue-collar workers, breadwinner, break your back, burn the candle at both ends, childbearing, childbirth, childbirth process, chore, complain, confinement, contractions, crash, cultivate, daily grind, delivery, diligence, drag yourself, drive, drive home, drudge, drudgery, duty, dwell on, effort, efforts, employee, employees, employment, endeavour, energy, exaggerate, exercise, exert, exert oneself, exertion, exertions, falter, giving birth, go on, grapple, grind, grind away, gruntwork, hack, hand, hands, hard hat, hard labor, hard work, help, helper, hireling, industry, instrument, job, keep at it, labor force, labourer, learner, lumber, malfunction, manual labor, manual workers, mission, moonlight, occupation, operation, operative, overdo, overemphasise, pains, parturition, personnel, play up, plod, plug away, pour it on, prentice, proletariat, pull, push, rank and file, seize up, slave, slog, staff, stagger, stall, strain, stress, strive, struggle, sweat, sweat blood, task, tend, throes, toil, toiler, trail, travail, trudge, underline, undertaking, work, work force, work like a dog, work oneself to the bone, worker, workers, working class, working people, wrestle

Antonyms

be lazy, cheque, entertainment, fun, hindrance, idle, idleness, ignore, inactivity, indifference, indolence, laze, laze around, laziness, lethargy, management, manager, neglect, obstruction, relax, rest, skim, skip, unemployment