corvee

See also: corvée

English

Alternative forms

• corvée

Etymology

From French corvée, from Late Latin conrogāta, derived from Latin conrogāre (“call together by entreaty”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːveɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɔːɹˈveɪ/

Noun

corvee (countable and uncountable, plural corvees)

1. Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
2. Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes.

Translations

unpaid labor required by a feudal lord

• Arabic: سُخْرَة (ar) f (suḵra)
• Armenian: կոռ (hy) (koṙ)
• Aromanian: culuche f
• Azerbaijani: biyar (az)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: па́ншчына f (pánščyna)
• Bulgarian: кулу́к m (kulúk)
• Catalan: jova (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勞役／劳役 (zh) (láoyì), 差役 (zh) (chāiyì), 徭役 (zh) (yáoyì)

• Czech: robota (cs) f
• Estonian: teoorjus (et)
• Finnish: taksvärkki (fi)
• French: corvée (fr) f
• Galician: angueira f, endeita f
• German: Fron (de) f, Frone (de) f, Frondienst (de) m
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: korve (id), kerja paksa (id), kerja rodi (id)
• Latin: opera (la) f, conrogāta f (Late, Medieval), servitium dēterminātum f (Gallus Anonymus)
• Latvian: klaušas (lv)
• Lithuanian: baudžiava
• Macedonian: кулук m (kuluk), ангарија f (angarija)
• Malay: amalan kerah
• Occitan: corrogada (oc) f, corròc m, corvada (oc) f
• Persian: بیگار (fa) (bigâr), شاکار (fa) (šâkâr), مچرگ (mačarg)
• Polish: pańszczyzna (pl) f
• Portuguese: corvea f
• Russian: ба́рщина (ru) f (bárščina)
• Serbo-Croatian: tlaka (sh) f

  Cyrillic: ку̀лук m

  Latin: kùluk (sh) m

• Spanish: corvea f
• Turkish:

  Latin: kulluk (tr)

  Ottoman: قوللق (kulluk)

• Ukrainian: па́нщина f (pánščyna)
• Zazaki: quley c

labor in lieu of taxes

• Arabic: سُخْرَة (ar) f (suḵra), كُوج m (kūj)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: па́ншчына f (pánščyna)
• Bulgarian: ангари́я (bg) f (angaríja)
• Catalan: jova (ca) f
• Chagatai: كوچ (küç)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勞役／劳役 (zh) (láoyì), 差役 (zh) (chāiyì), 徭役 (zh) (yáoyì)

• Finnish: taksvärkki (fi)
• French: corvée (fr) f
• Galician: angueira f
• German: Fron (de) f, Frone (de) f, Frondienst (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀγγαρεία f (angareía), ἀγγαρία f (angaría)

  Modern: αγγαρεία (el) f (angareía)

• Khorezmian Turkic: كوچ (küç)
• Latin: angarīa f, opera pūblica f
• Latvian: klaušas (lv)
• Lithuanian: baudžiava
• Macedonian: ангарија f (angarija)
• Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰾 𐰚𐰇𐰲 (iş küç)
• Persian: کوچ (fa) (kuč)
• Polish: pańszczyzna (pl) f
• Portuguese: angueira (pt) f
• Russian: тя́гло (ru) n (tjáglo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀нга̄рија f

  Latin: àngārija (sh) f

• Spanish: angaria f
• Turkish:

  Latin: angarya (tr)

  Ottoman: آنغاریه (angarya)

• Ukrainian: па́нщина f (pánščyna)

References

• “corvee”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. (etymology)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French corvée, from Middle French corvee, from Old French corvee, from Late Latin conrogāta. Doublet of karwei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrˈveː/

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• Hyphenation: cor‧vee
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

corvee f or n (uncountable)

1. household chores, especially at a camp or barracks
2. (historical) corvee labour

Descendants

• → Indonesian: korvé