corvee

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

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سُخْرَة (suḵra) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Armenian: կոռ (koṙ) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Aromanian: culuche — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Azerbaijani: biyar — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Belarusian: па́ншчына (pánščyna) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Bulgarian: кулу́к (kulúk) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Catalan: jova — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Chinese Mandarin: 勞役 /劳役 (láoyì) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Chinese Mandarin: 差役 (chāiyì) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Chinese Mandarin: 徭役 (yáoyì) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Czech: robota — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Estonian: teoorjus — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Finnish: taksvärkki — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• French: corvée — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Galician: angueira — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Galician: endeita — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• German: Fron — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• German: Frone — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• German: Frondienst — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Hungarian: jobbágyság — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Indonesian: korve — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Indonesian: kerja paksa — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Indonesian: kerja rodi — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Indonesian: rodi — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Latin: opera — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Latin: conrogāta — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Latin: servitium dēterminātum — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Latvian: klaušas — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Lithuanian: baudžiava — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Macedonian: кулук (kuluk) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Macedonian: ангарија (angarija) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Malay: amalan kerah — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Occitan: corrogada — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Occitan: corròc — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Occitan: corvada — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Persian: بیگار (bigâr) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Persian: شاکار (šâkâr) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Persian: مچرگ (mačarg) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Polish: pańszczyzna — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Portuguese: corvea — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Russian: ба́рщина (bárščina) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Serbo-Croatian: tlaka — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̀лук — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Serbo-Croatian: kùluk — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Spanish: corvea — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Turkish: kulluk — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Ottoman Turkish: قوللق (kulluk) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Ukrainian: па́нщина (pánščyna) — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Zazaki: quley — unpaid labor required by a feudal lord
• Arabic: سُخْرَة (suḵra) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Arabic: كُوج (kūj) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Belarusian: па́ншчына (pánščyna) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Bulgarian: ангари́я (angaríja) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Catalan: jova — labor in lieu of taxes
• Chinese Mandarin: 勞役 /劳役 (láoyì) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Chinese Mandarin: 差役 (chāiyì) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Chinese Mandarin: 徭役 (yáoyì) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Finnish: taksvärkki — labor in lieu of taxes
• French: corvée — labor in lieu of taxes
• Galician: angueira — labor in lieu of taxes
• German: Fron — labor in lieu of taxes
• German: Frone — labor in lieu of taxes
• German: Frondienst — labor in lieu of taxes
• Greek: αγγαρεία (angareía) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Ancient Greek: ἀγγαρεία (angareía) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Ancient Greek: ἀγγαρία (angaría) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Hungarian: jobbágyság — labor in lieu of taxes
• Khorezmian Turkic: كوچ (küç) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Latin: angarīa — labor in lieu of taxes
• Latin: opera pūblica — labor in lieu of taxes
• Latvian: klaušas — labor in lieu of taxes
• Lithuanian: baudžiava — labor in lieu of taxes
• Macedonian: ангарија (angarija) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰾 𐰚𐰇𐰲 (iş küç) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Persian: کوچ (kuč) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Polish: pańszczyzna — labor in lieu of taxes
• Polish: szarwark — labor in lieu of taxes
• Portuguese: angueira — labor in lieu of taxes
• Russian: тя́гло (tjáglo) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Serbo-Croatian: а̀нга̄рија — labor in lieu of taxes
• Serbo-Croatian: àngārija — labor in lieu of taxes
• Spanish: angaria — labor in lieu of taxes
• Turkish: angarya — labor in lieu of taxes
• Ottoman Turkish: آنغاریه (angarya) — labor in lieu of taxes
• Ukrainian: па́нщина (pánščyna) — labor in lieu of taxes