servage
English
Etymology
From Middle English servage, from Old French servage; equivalent to serve + -age.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːvɪd͡ʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝvɪd͡ʒ/
Noun
servage (uncountable)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French servage. By surface analysis, serf + -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛʁ.vaʒ/
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Noun
servage m (plural servages)
Further reading
- “servage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French servage; equivalent to serven + -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛrˈvaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈsɛrvad͡ʒ(ə)/
Noun
servage (uncountable)
- Servitude, bondage, subjugation.
- Marital or religious bondage or service.
- Homage, allegiance.
- (feudalism) A payment or service required by a liege.
Descendants
- English: servage
References
- “servāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Noun
servage oblique singular, m (oblique plural servages, nominative singular servages, nominative plural servage)