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servitude
English
Etymology
From Middle French servitude, from Latin servit?s, from Latin servus (“slave”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s??v?t?u?d/, /-tju?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?v?tud/
Noun
servitude (countable and uncountable, plural servitudes)
- The state of being a slave; slavery.
- 1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China
- In spite of the importance of this route it remained until a few years ago very insecure. Overhung almost its entire length by the inaccessible fastnesses of Lololand, the passing caravans dared journey only with convoy, and even then were frequently overwhelmed by raiders from the hills, who carried off both trader and goods into the mountains, the former to lifelong servitude.
- 1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China
- (law) A qualified beneficial interest severed or fragmented from the ownership of an inferior property and attached to a superior property or to some person other than the owner; the most common form is an easement.
- (dated) Service rendered in the army or navy.
- (obsolete) Servants collectively.
- (archaic) The act of serving (food or drink, etc.); service.
- 1857, Journal of Australasia (volume 2, page 38)
- The usual routine of confections and pastry follows, after which a galore of fruits of all kinds, with a chassè of excellent Mocha, the immediate servitude of which, after good dining, is, I think, universally acknowledged to be a great exhiliration[sic].
- 1857, Journal of Australasia (volume 2, page 38)
Translations
See also
- servitude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- serfdom
Anagrams
- divesture
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin servit?d?, from Latin servus.
Noun
servitude f (plural servitudes)
- servitude, thralldom
Related terms
- serf
- servir
See also
- esclavage
Further reading
- “servitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin servitus, servitutem, probably a borrowing.
Noun
servitude f (plural servitudes)
- servitude (the state of being a serf or slave)
- Synonym: servidão
Related terms
- servir
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captivity
English
Etymology
Middle English captivite, from Latin capt?vit?s; synchronically analyzable as captive +? -ity. Entered into the English lexicon around the 14th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kæp?t?v?ti/
- Hyphenation: cap?tiv?i?ty
Noun
captivity (countable and uncountable, plural captivities)
- The state of being captive.
- (obsolete) A group of people/beings captive.
- The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
Translations
See also
- captive
- captor
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