serfdom

English

Etymology

From serf + -dom.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːfdəm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɚfdəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fdəm

Noun

serfdom (usually uncountable, plural serfdoms)

1. The state of being a serf.
2. The feudal system that includes serfs.
   • 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 204:

     Krzywicki's studies of primitive societies led him to conclude that there was no universal law and that, for example, serfdom was not a necessary stage in all cases.

Synonyms

• serfage
• serfhood

Translations

state of being a serf

• Catalan: servitud f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農奴身份 / 农奴身份 (nóngnú shēnfen)

• Danish: livegenskab n
• Dutch: lijfeigenschap (nl) f
• Estonian: pärisorjus
• Finnish: maaorjuus (fi)
• French: servage (fr) m
• German: Leibeigenschaft (de) f, Eigenbehörigkeit f
• Hungarian: jobbágyság (hu)
• Irish: seirfeachas m, daoirse f (familiar)
• Italian: servitù (it) f
• Lithuanian: baudžiava f
• Māori: rōpātanga
• Polish: pańszczyzna (pl) f
• Portuguese: servidão (pt) f
• Russian: крепостни́чество (ru) n (krepostníčestvo), ра́бство (ru) n (rábstvo), нево́ля (ru) f (nevólja)
• Spanish: servidumbre (es) f
• Swedish: livegenskap (sv) c, träldom (sv) c
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: кріпацтво n (kripactvo), кріпаччина f (kripaččyna)
• Welsh: taeogaeth f

feudal system

• Bulgarian: крепостничество (bg) n (krepostničestvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農奴制 / 农奴制 (zh) (nóngnúzhì)

• Czech: nevolnictví n
• Danish: livegenskab n
• Dutch: horigheid (nl) f
• Erzya: модаречи (modareči)
• Estonian: pärisorjus
• Finnish: maaorjuus (fi)
• French: servage (fr) m
• German: Leibeigenschaft (de) f, Eigenbehörigkeit f
• Hungarian: jobbágyság (hu)
• Irish: seirfeachas m, daoirse f (familiar)
• Italian: servitù della gleba f
• Japanese: 農奴制 (のうどせい, nōdosei)
• Norwegian: livegenskap (no)
• Polish: poddaństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: servidão (pt) f
• Russian: крепостно́е пра́во (ru) n (krepostnóje právo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кмѐтство n

  Latin: kmètstvo (sh) n

• Spanish: servidumbre (es) f
• Swedish: livegenskap (sv) c
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: кріпосне право n (kriposne pravo), кріпацтво n (kripactvo), кріпаччина f (kripaččyna)

See also

• servitude

Anagrams

• deforms