corvée
See also: corvee
English edit
Noun edit
corvée (plural corvées)
- Alternative form of corvee
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin conrogāta [opera], from the feminine past participle of Latin conrogō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corvée f (plural corvées)
- (historical) corvee (labour due to a feudal lord; labour on roads) [from 1170s]
- drudgery; chore [from c. 1460]
- Synonym: besogne
- (military) fatigue; menial task [from 1835]
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “corvée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.