corvee

See also: corvée

English

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

corvee (countable and uncountable, plural corvees)

unpaid labor required by a feudal lord

Arabic: سُخْرَة‎ (ar) f (suḵra)
Armenian: կոռ (hy) (koṙ)
Aromanian: culuche f
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: па́ншчына f
Bulgarian: кулу̀к m (kulùk)
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勞役 (zh), 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 (de) f, Frondienst (de) m
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Latin: opera (la) f, corrogāta f (Medieval), servitium dēterminātum f (Gallus Anonymus)

labor in lieu of taxes

Arabic: سُخْرَة‎ (ar) f (suḵra)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: па́ншчына f
Bulgarian: ангарѝя (bg) f (angarìja)
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勞役 (zh), 劳役 (zh) (láoyì), 差役 (zh) (chāiyì), 徭役 (zh) (yáoyì)
Finnish: taksvärkki (fi)
French: corvée (fr) f
Galician: angueira f
German: Fron (de) f, Frone (de) f, Frondienst (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἀγγαρεία f (angareía), ἀγγαρία f (angaría)

Modern: αγγαρεία f (angareía)
Latin: angarīa f, opera pūblica f

corvee in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. (etymology)

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