conscription

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• /kənˈskɹɪpʃən/
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From Middle French conscription, from Latin cōnscriptiō (“levying of troops”).

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: diensplig — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Arabic: تَجْنِيد إِجْبَارِيّ (tajnīd ʔijbāriyy) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Armenian: զինապարտություն (zinapartutʻyun) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Armenian: զորակոչ (zorakočʻ) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Armenian: զորակոչում (zorakočʻum) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Belarusian: во́інскі абавя́зак (vóinski abavjázak) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Belarusian: во́інская паві́ннасць (vóinskaja pavínnascʹ) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Belarusian: прызы́ў (pryzýw) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Bulgarian: вое́нна пови́нност (voénna povínnost) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Catalan: servei militar obligatori — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Catalan: reclutament forçós — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Catalan: conscripció — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Chinese Mandarin: 徵兵 /征兵 (zhēngbīng) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Czech: odvod — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Czech: branná povinnost — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Danish: værnepligt — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Dutch: dienstplicht — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Estonian: ajateenistus — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Finnish: asevelvollisuus — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Finnish: asepalvelus — involuntary labor, especially military service
• French: conscription — involuntary labor, especially military service
• French: service militaire obligatoire — involuntary labor, especially military service
• German: Wehrpflicht — involuntary labor, especially military service
• German: Konskription — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Greek: στρατολόγηση (stratológisi) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Hebrew: גיוס (giyús) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Hindi: अनिवार्य सैन्य सेवा (anivārya sainya sevā) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Hungarian: sorozás — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Icelandic: herkvaðning — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Indonesian: wajib militer — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Italian: coscrizione — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Italian: arruolamento — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Italian: servizio militare obbligatorio — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Japanese: 徴兵 (chōhei) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Kazakh: әскерге шақыру (äskerge şaqyru) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Korean: 징병 (jingbyeong) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Lithuanian: karinė prievolė — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Macedonian: регрутирање (regrutiranje) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Māori: māperetanga — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Norwegian Bokmål: verneplikt — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Norwegian Nynorsk: verneplikt — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Polish: pobór — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Polish: asenterunek — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Polish: branka — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Portuguese: serviço militar obrigatório — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Portuguese: conscrição — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Russian: во́инская пови́нность (vóinskaja povínnostʹ) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Russian: во́инская обя́занность (vóinskaja objázannostʹ) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Russian: призы́в (prizýv) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Serbo-Croatian: регрута́ција — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Serbo-Croatian: regrutácija — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Slovak: branná povinnosť — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Slovak: odvod — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Slovene: nabor — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Slovene: vpoklic — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Spanish: servicio militar obligatorio — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Spanish: reclutamiento obligatorio — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Spanish: reclutamiento forzoso — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Spanish: conscripción — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Swedish: värnplikt — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Swedish: utskrivning — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Turkish: celp — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Ukrainian: військо́вий обо́в'язок (vijsʹkóvyj obóvʺjazok) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Ukrainian: військо́ва пови́нність (vijsʹkóva povýnnistʹ) — involuntary labor, especially military service
• Ukrainian: при́зов (prýzov) — involuntary labor, especially military service