corvée

See also: corvee

English

Noun

corvée (plural corvées)

1. Alternative form of corvee

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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)

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

Derived terms

• corvéable

Further reading

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