different between feudal vs villeinage

English

Etymology

From Old French feodal, from Medieval Latin feodalis, from feodum, feudum, fevum (“fief, fee”), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, owndom, property, fee”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle”). More at fee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fju?.d?l/, [?fju?.d??]
  • (US, also) IPA^(key): [?fju.???]
• Rhymes: -u?d?l

Adjective

feudal (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to feudalism.

Derived terms

• unfeudal

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /f?w?dal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /few?dal/

Adjective

feudal (masculine and feminine plural feudals)

1. feudal

Danish

Adjective

feudal

1. feudal

Related terms

• feudalisme

Further reading

• “feudal” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “feudal” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f????da?l/

Adjective

feudal (comparative feudaler, superlative am feudalsten)

1. feudal

Declension

Derived terms

• Feudalismus, Feudalsystem

Further reading

• “feudal” in Duden online

Portuguese

Etymology

Feudo +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /few?ða?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /few?daw/

Adjective

feudal m or f (plural feudais, comparable)

1. feudal
2. (euphemistic) violent

Derived terms

• feudalismo

Further reading

• “feudal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Adjective

feudal m or n (feminine singular feudal?, masculine plural feudali, feminine and neuter plural feudale)

1. feudal

Declension

Related terms

• feudaliza

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feu?dal/, [feu??ð?al]

Adjective

feudal (plural feudales)

1. feudal

Derived terms

Related terms

• feudalismo m

English

Alternative forms

• villainage
• villanage
• villenage

Etymology

villein +? -age

Noun

villeinage (countable and uncountable, plural villeinages)

1. The state of being a villein.
2. A feudal system involving villeins; serfdom.

Translations