fardeau - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From farde +‎ -eau.

• IPA^(key): /faʁ.do/

fardeau m (plural fardeaux)

1. burden
2. load
3. (figuratively) a worry or trouble

• “fardeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.