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serf
English
Etymology
From Middle English serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”), perhaps of Etruscan origin
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s??f/
- (US) IPA(key): /s?f/
- Homophone: surf (in accents with the fern-fir-fur merger)
- Rhymes: -??(?)f
Noun
serf (plural serfs)
- a partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights
- a similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe
- (strategy games) a worker unit
- Synonyms: peasant, peon, villager
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- slave
Anagrams
- ESRF, FERS, RFEs, Refs, erfs, f***ers, refs
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin servus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?se?f/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?serf/
Noun
serf m (plural serfs, feminine serva)
- serf
Related terms
- servitud
Further reading
- “serf” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus.
Noun
serf m (plural serven, diminutive serfje n)
- a serf (semifree peasant obliged to remain on the lord's land and to perform extensive chores for him)
- Synonyms: horige, laat, lijfeigene
French
Etymology
From Middle French serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (“guardian”), or perhaps of Etruscan origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (predominant) /s??f/, (rarely) /s??/
- Homophones: cerf, sers, sert
Noun
serf m (plural serfs, feminine serve)
- a serf (semifree peasant obliged to remain on the lord's land and to perform extensive chores for him)
Adjective
serf (feminine singular serve, masculine plural serfs, feminine plural serves)
- being or like a serf, semifree
Related terms
Further reading
- “serf” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- fers
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French cerf.
Noun
serf
- deer
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French serf.
Noun
serf m (plural serfs)
- serf (semifree peasant)
Descendants
- French: serf
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin servus.
Noun
serf m (oblique plural sers, nominative singular sers, nominative plural serf)
- serf (semifree peasant)
Descendants
- Middle French: serf
- French: serf
- ? English: serf
Etymology 2
See servir
Verb
serf
- first-person singular present indicative of servir
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From French cerf.
Noun
serf
- deer
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
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helot
English
Etymology
From Latin Helotes, from Ancient Greek ??????? (Heíl?tes), possibly from ????????? (halískomai, “to be captured, to be made prisoner”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?l?t
Noun
helot (plural helots)
- (historical) A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.
- A serf; a slave.
Derived terms
- helotage
- helotry
Translations
Anagrams
- Holte, Thole, hetol, hotel, hôtel, lothe, thole
Finnish
Noun
helot
- Nominative plural form of helo.
Anagrams
- Lehto, lehto, lohet
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