Usage Note
Fardeau means a heavy load or a figurative burden — le fardeau des responsabilités ('the burden of responsibilities'). Its plural is fardeaux (the -eau/-eaux pattern). It is more literary than the everyday charge.
Examples
"Ce secret était un lourd fardeau pour elle."
Natural Translation
That secret was a heavy burden for her.

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