corvee

See also: corvée

English

From French corvée, from Late Latin conrogāta, derived from Latin conrogāre (“call together by entreaty”).

corvee (countable and uncountable, plural corvees)

unpaid labor required by a feudal lord

Arabic: سُخْرَة‎ (ar) f (suḵra)
Armenian: կոռ (hy) (koṙ)
Aromanian: culuche f
Azerbaijani: biyar (az)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: па́ншчына f (pánščyna)
Bulgarian: кулу́к m (kulúk)
Catalan: jova (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勞役／劳役 (zh) (láoyì), 差役 (zh) (chāiyì), 徭役 (zh) (yáoyì)
Czech: robota (cs) f
Estonian: teoorjus (et)
Finnish: taksvärkki (fi)
French: corvée (fr) f
Galician: angueira f, endeita f
German: Fron (de) f, Frone (de) f, Frondienst (de) m
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: korve (id), kerja paksa (id), kerja rodi (id)
Latin: opera (la) f, conrogāta f (Late, Medieval), servitium dēterminātum f (Gallus Anonymus)
Latvian: klaušas
Lithuanian: baudžiava
Macedonian: кулук m (kuluk)
Malay: amalan kerah
Occitan: corrogada (oc) f, corròc m, corvada (oc) f
Persian: بیگار‎ (fa) (bigâr), شاکار‎ (fa) (šâkâr), مچرگ‎ (mačarg)
Polish: pańszczyzna (pl) f
Portuguese: corvea f
Russian: ба́рщина (ru) f (bárščina)
Serbo-Croatian: tlaka (sh) f
Cyrillic: ку̀лук m
Latin: kùluk (sh) m
Spanish: corvea f
Turkish:
Ottoman: قوللق‎ (kulluk)
Latin: kulluk (tr)
Ukrainian: па́нщина f (pánščyna)
Zazaki: quley c

labor in lieu of taxes

Arabic: سُخْرَة‎ (ar) f (suḵra), كُوج‎ m (kūj)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: па́ншчына f (pánščyna)
Bulgarian: ангари́я (bg) f (angaríja)
Catalan: jova (ca) f
Chagatai: كوچ‎ (küç)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勞役／劳役 (zh) (láoyì), 差役 (zh) (chāiyì), 徭役 (zh) (yáoyì)
Finnish: taksvärkki (fi)
French: corvée (fr) f
Galician: angueira f
German: Fron (de) f, Frone (de) f, Frondienst (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἀγγαρεία f (angareía), ἀγγαρία f (angaría)
Modern: αγγαρεία (el) f (angareía)
Khorezmian Turkic: كوچ‎ (küç)
Latin: angarīa f, opera pūblica f
Latvian: klaušas
Lithuanian: baudžiava
Macedonian: ангарија f (angarija)
Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰾 𐰚𐰇𐰲‎ (iş küç)
Persian: کوچ‎ (fa) (kuč)
Polish: pańszczyzna (pl) f
Portuguese: angueira (pt) f
Russian: тя́гло (ru) n (tjáglo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀нга̄рија f
Latin: àngārija (sh) f
Spanish: angaria f
Turkish:
Ottoman: آنغاریه‎ (angarya)
Latin: angarya (tr)
Ukrainian: па́нщина f (pánščyna)

corvee in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 (etymology)

Borrowed from French corvée, from Middle French corvee, from Old French corvee, from Late Latin conrogāta.

corvee f or n (uncountable)