servage
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English servage, from Old French servage; equivalent to serve + -age.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːvɪd͡ʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝvɪd͡ʒ/
Noun edit
servage (uncountable)
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French servage. By surface analysis, serf + -age.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
servage m (plural servages)
Further reading edit
- “servage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French servage; equivalent to serven + -age.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
servage (uncountable)
- Servitude, bondage, subjugation.
- Marital or religious bondage or service.
- Homage, allegiance.
- (feudalism) A payment or service required by a liege.
Descendants edit
- English: servage
References edit
- “servāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French edit
Noun edit
servage oblique singular, m (oblique plural servages, nominative singular servages, nominative plural servage)