English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (slave, serf, servant).

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Noun edit

serf (plural serfs)

  1. A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.
  2. A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
  3. (strategy games) A worker unit.
    Synonyms: peasant, peon, villager

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Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin servus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

serf m (plural serfs, feminine serva)

  1. serf

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus.

Noun edit

serf m (plural serven, diminutive serfje n)

  1. a serf (semifree peasant obliged to remain on the lord's land and to perform extensive chores for him)
    Synonyms: horige, laat, lijfeigene

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (slave, serf, servant), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (guardian), or perhaps of Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

serf m (plural serfs, feminine serve)

  1. a serf (semifree peasant obliged to remain on the lord's land and to perform extensive chores for him)

Adjective edit

serf (feminine serve, masculine plural serfs, feminine plural serves)

  1. being or like a serf, semifree

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Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French cerf.

Noun edit

serf

  1. deer

Middle French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French serf.

Noun edit

serf m (plural serfs)

  1. serf (semifree peasant)

Descendants edit

  • French: serf

Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic صرف (ṣarf, expense).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

serf f

  1. expense, cost

Old French edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin servus.

Noun edit

serf oblique singularm (oblique plural sers, nominative singular sers, nominative plural serf)

  1. serf (semifree peasant)
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

See servir

Verb edit

serf

  1. first-person singular present indicative of servir

Seychellois Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French cerf.

Noun edit

serf

  1. deer

References edit

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français