conscript

English

Etymology

From Latin cōnscriptus, perfect passive participle of cōnscrībō (“write together; enroll”).

Pronunciation

• (noun, adjective)
  • (RP): enPR: kŏn'skrĭpt, IPA: /ˈkɒnskrɪpt/, X-SAMPA: /"kQnskrIpt/
  • (US): enPR: kän'skrĭpt, IPA: /ˈkɑnskrIpt/, X-SAMPA: /"kAnskrIpt/

  • Audio (US), noun

    (file)

• (verb) enPR: kən'skrĭpt, IPA: /kənˈskrɪpt/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"skrIpt/

  • Audio (US), verb

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -ɪpt

Noun

conscript (plural conscripts)

1. One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.

   The soldier was a conscript.

Translations

Draftee

• Bulgarian: наборник (bg) (nabornik) m
• Czech: branec (cs) m
• Dutch: dienstplichtige (nl)
• Estonian: ajateenija (et), kutsealune (et)
• Finnish: asevelvollinen
• French: conscrit (fr), appelé (fr)
• German: Wehrpflichtiger
• Italian: coscritto (it) m, soldato di leva (it)

• Japanese: 徴集兵
• Persian: سرباز وظیفه
• Polish: poborowy (pl) m, rekrut (pl) m
• Russian: призывник (ru) (prizyvník) m, рекрут (ru) (r'ékrut) m
• Serbo-Croatian: regrut (sh), novak (sh)
• Spanish: conscripto, recluta, colimba
• Swedish: värnpliktig (sv)

Adjective

conscript (not comparable)

1. Drafted.
2. Enrolled; written; registered.

Translations

Drafted

• Dutch: dienstplichtig (nl)
• German: verpflichtet, einberufen
• Russian: мобилизованный (ru) (mobilizóvannyj)

• Serbo-Croatian: regrutiran (sh), mobiliziran (sh), unovačen (sh)
• Spanish: reclutado (es), enrolado (es), alistado (es)

Verb

conscript (third-person singular simple present conscripts, present participle conscripting, simple past and past participle conscripted)

1. (transitive) To enrol(l) compulsorily; to draft; to induct.

Synonyms

• (to enrol(l) compulsorily): draft, induct

Related terms

• conscription

Translations

To enrol(l) compulsorily

• Hebrew: גייס (he) (giyés)
• Italian: arruolare (it)
• Japanese: 徴兵する
• Portuguese: alistar (pt)

• Russian: мобилизовать (ru) (mobilizovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: gairm (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: mobilizirati (sh)
• Spanish: reclutar (es), enrolar (es), alistar (es)