corvee

See also:corvée

English

Alternative forms

• corvée

Etymology

FromFrenchcorvée,fromLate Latinconrogāta,derived fromLatinconrogāre(“call together by entreaty”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

corvee(countableanduncountable,pluralcorvees)

1. Unpaid labor required by a feudallord.
2. Labor, especially forroadsordams,in lieu oftaxes.

Translations

unpaid labor required by a feudal lord

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

  Mandarin:Lao dịch／Lao dịch(zh)(láoyì),Sai dịch(zh)(chāiyì),Lao dịch(zh)(yáoyì)

• Czech:robota(cs)f
• Estonian:teoorjus(et)
• Finnish:taksvärkki(fi)
• French:corvée(fr)f
• Galician:angueiraf,endeitaf
• 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),rodi(id)
• Latin:opera(la)f,conrogātaf(Late, Medieval),servitium dēterminātumf(Gallus Anonymus)
• Latvian:klaušas(lv)
• Lithuanian:baudžiava
• Macedonian:кулукm(kuluk),ангаријаf(angarija)
• Malay:amalan kerah
• Occitan:corrogada(oc)f,corròcm,corvada(oc)f
• Persian:بیگار(phát)(bigâr),شاکار(phát)(šâkâr),مچرگ(mačarg)
• Polish:pańszczyzna(pl)f
• Portuguese:corveaf
• Russian:ба́рщина(ru)f(bárščina)
• Serbo-Croatian:tlaka(sh)f

  Cyrillic:ку̀лукm

  Latin:kùluk(sh)m

• Spanish:corveaf
• Turkish:

  Latin:kulluk(tr)

  Ottoman:قوللق(kulluk)

• Ukrainian:па́нщинаf(pánščyna)
• Zazaki:quleyc

labor in lieu of taxes

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

  Mandarin:Lao dịch／Lao dịch(zh)(láoyì),Sai dịch(zh)(chāiyì),Lao dịch(zh)(yáoyì)

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

  Ancient:ἀγγαρείαf(angareía),ἀγγαρίαf(angaría)

  Modern:αγγαρεία(el)f(angareía)

• Khorezmian Turkic:كوچ(küç)
• Latin:angarīaf,operapūblicaf
• Latvian:klaušas(lv)
• Lithuanian:baudžiava
• Macedonian:ангаријаf(angarija)
• Old Turkic:𐰃𐰾𐰚𐰇𐰲(iş küç)
• Persian:کوچ(phát)(kuč)
• Polish:pańszczyzna(pl)f
• Portuguese:angueira(pt)f
• Russian:тя́гло(ru)n(tjáglo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:а̀нга̄ријаf

  Latin:àngārija(sh)f

• Spanish:angariaf
• Turkish:

  Latin:angarya(tr)

  Ottoman:آنغاریه(angarya)

• Ukrainian:па́нщинаf(pánščyna)

References

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed fromFrenchcorvée,fromMiddle Frenchcorvee,fromOld Frenchcorvee,fromLate Latinconrogāta.Doubletofkarwei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kɔrˈveː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:cor‧vee
• Rhymes:-eː

Noun

corveeforn(uncountable)

1. householdchores,especially at acamporbarracks
2. (historical)corveelabour

Descendants

• →Indonesian:korvé