vassal

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• /ˈvæsəl/
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From Middle English vassal, from Old French vassal, from Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from Latin vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas).

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: васалски (vasalski) — resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
• Finnish: alamainen — resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
• Georgian: ვასალური (vasaluri) — resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
• Hungarian: hűbéresi — resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
• Hungarian: vazallusi — resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
• Hungarian: szolgai — resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
• Irish: vasáilleach — resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
• Irish: seirbhíseach — resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
• Macedonian: ва́залски (vázalski) — resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
• Macedonian: ва́зален (vázalen) — resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
• Armenian: վասալ (vasal) — grantee of a fief
• Belarusian: васа́л (vasál) — grantee of a fief
• Bulgarian: васа́л (vasál) — grantee of a fief
• Chinese Mandarin: 封臣 (fēngchén) — grantee of a fief
• Czech: vazal — grantee of a fief
• Danish: vasal — grantee of a fief
• Dutch: vazal — grantee of a fief
• Esperanto: vasalo — grantee of a fief
• Finnish: vasalli — grantee of a fief
• French: vassal — grantee of a fief
• Galician: vasalo — grantee of a fief
• Georgian: ვასალი (vasali) — grantee of a fief
• German: Vasall — grantee of a fief
• German: Lehnsmann — grantee of a fief
• German: Gefolgsmann — grantee of a fief
• German: Gefolgsleute — grantee of a fief
• German: Höriger — grantee of a fief
• German: Klient — grantee of a fief
• Hungarian: hűbéres — grantee of a fief
• Hungarian: vazallus — grantee of a fief
• Irish: vasáilleach — grantee of a fief
• Italian: vassallo — grantee of a fief
• Japanese: 封臣 (hōshin) — grantee of a fief
• Japanese: 幕臣 (bakushin) — grantee of a fief
• Kazakh: тәуелді (täueldı) — grantee of a fief
• Korean: 봉신 (bongsin) — grantee of a fief
• Latin: cliēns — grantee of a fief
• Latin: ambactus — grantee of a fief
• Latin: vassallus — grantee of a fief
• Macedonian: ва́зал (vázal) — grantee of a fief
• Manx: jiulean — grantee of a fief
• Norman: vassa — grantee of a fief
• Polish: wasal — grantee of a fief
• Portuguese: vassalo — grantee of a fief
• Quechua: suyu runa — grantee of a fief
• Russian: васса́л (vassál) — grantee of a fief
• Slovak: vazal — grantee of a fief
• Slovene: vazal — grantee of a fief
• Spanish: vasallo — grantee of a fief
• Swedish: vasall — grantee of a fief
• Ukrainian: васа́л (vasál) — grantee of a fief
• Volapük: vasal — grantee of a fief
• Chinese Mandarin: 附庸 (fùyōng) — servant
• Chinese Mandarin: 奴僕 /奴仆 (núpú) — servant
• Chinese Mandarin: 僕從 /仆从 (púcóng) — servant
• Danish: vasal — servant
• Esperanto: vasalo — servant
• Finnish: vasalli — servant
• French: vassal — servant
• Galician: vasalo — servant
• Galician: servo — servant
• Georgian: ვასალი (vasali) — servant
• German: Vasall — servant
• German: Gefolgsmann — servant
• German: Lakai — servant
• German: Dienstmann — servant
• German: Büttel — servant
• German: Entourage — servant
• German: Scherge — servant
• German: Handlanger — servant
• German: Hucker — servant
• Hungarian: csatlós — servant
• Hungarian: szolga — servant
• Hungarian: alattvaló — servant
• Ido: vasalo — servant
• Irish: vasáilleach — servant
• Irish: seirbhíseach — servant
• Japanese: 家臣 (kashin) — servant
• Japanese: 臣下 (shinka) — servant
• Latin: servus — servant
• Latin: ambactus — servant
• Macedonian: слу́га (slúga) — servant
• Macedonian: ва́зал (vázal) — servant
• Māori: awhenga — servant
• Māori: wheteke — servant
• Norman: vassa — servant
• Portuguese: vassalo — servant
• Portuguese: servo — servant
• Russian: васса́л (vassál) — servant
• Spanish: vasallo — servant
• Finnish: orjuuttaa — to treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave
• French: vassaliser — to treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave
• Hungarian: szolgasorba/szolgaságba dönt — to treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave
• Spanish: avasallar — to treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave
• French: vassaliser — to subordinate to someone or something
• Hungarian: alávet — to subordinate to someone or something
• Spanish: avasallar — to subordinate to someone or something