corvée

See also: corvee

English

Noun

corvée (plural corvées)

1. Alternative form of corvee

French

Une corvée

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin conrogāta [opera], from the feminine past participle of Latin conrogō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.ve/

• Audio:

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Noun

corvée f (plural corvées)

1. (historical) corvee (labour due to a feudal lord; labour on roads) [from 1170s]
2. drudgery; chore [from c. 1460]

   Synonym: besogne

3. (military) fatigue; menial task [from 1835]

Derived terms

• corvéable
• corvée de bois
• corvée de chiottes
• corvée de glandes
• corvée de pluches
• corvéïeur

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: corvee
• → English: corvee
• → Italian: corvè

Further reading

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