galère
Meanings
Noun
1. galley (kind of ship) (nautical)
2. torturous forced labor (long done at the oars of state galleys) (in the plural)
3. a terrible task, drudge, ordeal, problem (by extension, informal)
4. a type of oven
5. mason's cart, for loading building materials (historical)
6. a group of people having a common interest, especially a coterie of undesirable people
7. an unpleasant situation
Examples7
envoyer aux galères
send [them] to forced labor
c'est une galère
it's a hassle
Je suis dans la même galère.
I'm in the same boat.
Il a été envoyé aux galères.
He was sent to the galleys.
Il a été condamné aux galères.
He was sentenced to the galleys.
Quelle galère !
What a drag!