How to pronounce corvee
American English pronunciation
KOR-vay
- IPA
- /ˈkɔɹˌveɪ/
- Syllables
- KOR · vay (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- kor-VAY
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What corvee means
Unpaid work a lord could demand from people on his land
In a sentence: Under the old corvee, villagers had to spend days fixing the lord's roads.
Where it comes from: It comes from French, from a Latin word for work that people were called together and asked to do.
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