corvée

See also: corvee

English

Noun

corvée (plural corvées)

Alternative form of corvee

French

Une corvée

Etymology

From Late Latin corrogāta [opera], from the feminine past participle of Latin corrogō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.ve/
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Noun

corvée f (plural corvées)

corvee (labour due to a feudal lord; labour on roads)
drudgery, chore
(military) fatigue

Derived terms

corvéable

Further reading

corvée on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
“corvée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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