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corvée

corvée

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See also: corvee

English

Noun

corvée (plural corvées)

Alternative form of corvee

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

corvée

Une corvée

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.ve/
Audio: (file)

Noun

corvée f (plural corvées)

(historical) corvee (labour due to a feudal lord; labour on roads) [from 1170s]
drudgery; chore [from c. 1460]
Synonym: besogne
(military) fatigue; menial task [from 1835]

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

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