corvee

See also: corvée

English

Alternative forms

• corvée

Etymology

From French corvée, from Medieval Latin corrogāta, based on Latin corrogāre (“to entreat together”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːveɪ/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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 f (suḵra)
• Armenian: կոռ (hy) (koṙ)
• Belarusian: па́ншчына f
• Chinese:

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

• Estonian: teoorjus (et)
• Finnish: taksvärkki (fi)
• French: corvée (fr) f
• Galician: angueira f, endeita f
• German: Fron (de) f, Frone f, Frondienst (de) m
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• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: opera f, corrogāta f (Medieval), servitium dēterminātum f (Gallus Anonymus)
• Latvian: klaušas
• Lithuanian: baudžiava
• Occitan: corrogada (oc) f, corròc m, corvada (oc) f
• Persian: بیگار (fa) (bigâr), شاکار (fa) (šâkâr), مچرگ (mačarg)
• Polish: pańszczyzna f
• Portuguese: corvea f
• Russian: ба́рщина (ru) f (bárščina)
• Spanish: corvea f
• Ukrainian: па́нщина f (pánščyna)

labor in lieu of taxes

• Arabic: سُخْرَة f (suḵra)
• Belarusian: па́ншчына f
• Chinese:

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

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

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

  Modern: αγγαρεία f (angareía)

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• Latin: angarīa f, opera pūblica f
• Latvian: klaušas
• Lithuanian: baudžiava
• Polish: pańszczyzna f
• Portuguese: angueira (pt) f
• Russian: тя́гло (ru) n (tjáglo)
• Spanish: angaria f
• Turkish:

  Ottoman: آنغاریه f (angarya)

  Latin: angarya f

• Ukrainian: па́нщина f (pánščyna)

References

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