laborer
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English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
laborer (plural laborers)
- (American spelling) One who labors.
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Translations
One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
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Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin labōrāre, present active infinitive of labōrō.
Verb
laborer
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem labeur distinct from the unstressed stem labor. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of laborer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | laborer | avoir laboré | |||||
| gerund | en laborant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | laborant | ||||||
| past participle | laboré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | labeur | labeures | labeure | laborons | laborez | labeurent |
| imperfect | laboroie, laboreie, laboroe, laboreve | laboroies, laboreies, laboroes, laboreves | laboroit, laboreit, laborot, laboreve | laboriiens, laboriens | laboriiez, laboriez | laboroient, laboreient, laboroent, laborevent | |
| preterite | laborai | laboras | labora | laborames | laborastes | laborerent | |
| future | laborerai | laboreras | laborera | laborerons | laboreroiz, laborereiz, laborerez | laboreront | |
| conditional | laboreroie, laborereie | laboreroies, laborereies | laboreroit, laborereit | laboreriiens, laboreriens | laboreriiez, laboreriez | laboreroient, laborereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | labeur | labeurs | labeurt | laborons | laborez | labeurent |
| imperfect | laborasse | laborasses | laborast | laborissons, laborissiens | laborissoiz, laborissez, laborissiez | laborassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | labeure | — | laborons | laborez | — | ||