corve`eの英語

語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkɔːveɪ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /kɔːɹˈveɪ/

名詞

corvee (countable and uncountable, plural corvees)

1. Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
2. Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes.

参照

• “corvee”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. (etymology)