conscript

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnskɹɪpt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: kŏn'skrĭpt
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• US: /ˈkɑnskɹɪpt/
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• US: kän'skrĭpt
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• kən'skrĭpt
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• /kənˈskɹɪpt/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N S K R IH2 P T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K AH0 N S K R IH1 P T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin cōnscriptus, perfect passive participle of cōnscrībō (“write together; enroll”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh3- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin cōnstruōder. Latin cōnstrūctusbor. English construct Proto-Germanic *-ōd- Old English -ode Middle English -ede English -ed English constructed Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵhwéh2s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *linguāticum Old French languagebor. Middle English langage English language English conlangbf. English con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybh- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybheti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script English conscript From con- (“constructed”) + script.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 被徵召的 /被征召的 (bèizhēngzhāode) — drafted
• Dutch: dienstplichtig — drafted
• Finnish: asevelvollinen — drafted
• Finnish: värvätty — drafted
• German: verpflichtet — drafted
• German: einberufen — drafted
• Manx: egintagh — drafted
• Polish: poborowy — drafted
• Portuguese: conscrito — drafted
• Portuguese: alistado — drafted
• Russian: мобилизо́ванный (mobilizóvannyj) — drafted
• Serbo-Croatian: регрутиран — drafted
• Serbo-Croatian: мобилизиран — drafted
• Serbo-Croatian: уновачен — drafted
• Serbo-Croatian: regrutiran — drafted
• Serbo-Croatian: mobiliziran — drafted
• Serbo-Croatian: unovačen — drafted
• Slovene: naboren — drafted
• Spanish: reclutado — drafted
• Spanish: enrolado — drafted
• Spanish: alistado — drafted
• Spanish: conscripto — drafted
• Arabic: مُجَنَّد (mujannad) — draftee
• Armenian: զորակոչիկ (zorakočʻik) — draftee
• Azerbaijani: çağırışçı — draftee
• Belarusian: прызыўні́к (pryzywník) — draftee
• Belarusian: рэ́крут (rékrut) — draftee
• Bulgarian: на́борник (nábornik) — draftee
• Chinese Mandarin: 義務兵 /义务兵 (yìwùbīng) — draftee
• Czech: branec — draftee
• Dutch: dienstplichtige — draftee
• Esperanto: konskripto — draftee
• Estonian: ajateenija — draftee
• Estonian: kutsealune — draftee
• Finnish: asevelvollinen — draftee
• Finnish: varusmies — draftee
• Finnish: värvätty — draftee
• French: conscrit — draftee
• French: appelé — draftee
• German: Wehrpflichtiger — draftee
• Interlingua: conscripto — draftee
• Italian: coscritto — draftee
• Italian: soldato di leva — draftee
• Japanese: 徴募兵 (chōbohei) — draftee
• Korean: 징집병 (jingjipbyeong) — draftee
• Latvian: iesaucamais — draftee
• Lithuanian: šauktinis — draftee
• Luxembourgish: Zwangsrekrutéierten — draftee
• Manx: co-screeuagh — draftee
• Manx: egintagh — draftee
• Persian: سرباز وظیفه (sarbâz-e vazife) — draftee
• Polish: poborowy — draftee
• Polish: rekrut — draftee
• Polish: rekrutka — draftee
• Portuguese: conscrito — draftee
• Portuguese: alistado — draftee
• Romanian: recrut — draftee
• Russian: призывни́к (prizyvník) — draftee
• Russian: ре́крут (rékrut) — draftee
• Serbo-Croatian: рѐгрӯт — draftee
• Serbo-Croatian: но̀ва̄к — draftee
• Serbo-Croatian: règrūt — draftee
• Serbo-Croatian: nòvāk — draftee
• Slovak: branec — draftee
• Slovene: nabornik — draftee
• Spanish: conscripto — draftee
• Spanish: recluta — draftee
• Spanish: colimba — draftee
• Spanish: quinto — draftee
• Spanish: caloyo — draftee
• Swedish: värnpliktig — draftee
• Ukrainian: призо́вник (pryzóvnyk) — draftee
• Ukrainian: призовни́к (pryzovnýk) — draftee
• Ukrainian: ре́крут (rékrut) — draftee
• Ukrainian: строкови́к (strokovýk) — draftee
• Yiddish: פּריזיווניק (prizivnik) — draftee
• Finnish: värvätä — to enroll compulsorily
• Hebrew: גייס (giyés) — to enroll compulsorily
• Ido: en-armeigar — to enroll compulsorily
• Ido: konskriptar — to enroll compulsorily
• Italian: arruolare — to enroll compulsorily
• Japanese: 徴兵する — to enroll compulsorily
• Korean: 징병하다 (jingbyeonghada) — to enroll compulsorily
• Luxembourgish: zwangsrekrutéieren — to enroll compulsorily
• Manx: cur stiagh er egin — to enroll compulsorily
• Māori: māpere — to enroll compulsorily
• Polish: werbować — to enroll compulsorily
• Polish: zwerbować — to enroll compulsorily
• Polish: powoływać — to enroll compulsorily
• Polish: powołać — to enroll compulsorily
• Portuguese: alistar — to enroll compulsorily
• Russian: мобилизова́ть (mobilizovátʹ) — to enroll compulsorily
• Scottish Gaelic: gairm — to enroll compulsorily
• Serbo-Croatian: мобили́зирати — to enroll compulsorily
• Serbo-Croatian: mobilízirati — to enroll compulsorily
• Slovene: vpoklicati — to enroll compulsorily
• Spanish: reclutar — to enroll compulsorily
• Spanish: enrolar — to enroll compulsorily
• Spanish: alistar — to enroll compulsorily
• Spanish: conscribir — to enroll compulsorily