corvée

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See also: corvee

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

corvée (plural corvées)

Alternative form of corvee

French[edit]

Une corvée

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin conrogāta [opera], from the feminine past participle of Latin conrogō.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.ve/
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Noun[edit]

corvée f (plural corvées)

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

Derived terms[edit]

corvéable

Descendants[edit]

→ Dutch: corvee
→ English: corvee
→ Italian: corvè

Further reading[edit]

corvée on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
“corvée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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