different between fief vs infeudation

English

Etymology

From Middle French fief, from Old French fief, from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum (whence also Old French fieu, fied), from Old Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *pe?u- (“sheep”). Doublet of fee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi?f/
• Rhymes: -i?f

Noun

fief (countable and uncountable, plural fiefs)

1. An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior.
2. Something over which one has rights or exercises control.
3. (figuratively) An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.

Synonyms

• manor
• seigniory

Derived terms

• fiefdom
• in fief

Related terms

• enfeoff
• fee
• feoff
• feoffee

Translations

See also

• Fief in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Fife, fife

French

Etymology

From Old French fief, borrowed from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum, from Old Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *pe?u- (“sheep”). Cognate with Old High German fihu (“cattle, neat”), Old English feoh (“cattle, property, money”). More at fee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fj?f/

Noun

fief m (plural fiefs)

1. fief

Related terms

• fieffer

Descendants

• ? Romanian: fief

References

Further reading

• “fief” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German Low German

Numeral

fief

1. Alternative form of fiev; five (5)

Coordinate terms

See also

• Plautdietsch: fief

Romanian

Etymology

From French fief.

Noun

fief n (plural fiefuri)

1. fief

Declension

English

Noun

infeudation (countable and uncountable, plural infeudations)

1. The act, under the feudal system, of putting someone into possession of a fee or fief; enfeoffment.