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) (obsolete) Servitude, bondage. (obsolete) The devoted service of a lover. === Anagrams === Gervase, Greaves, greaves == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French servage. By surface analysis, serf +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛʁ.vaʒ/ === Noun === servage m (plural servages) servitude (the state of being a slave) serfage === Further reading === “servage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === servayge, servege === 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) vassaldom; servitude ==== Descendants ==== French: servage → Italian: servaggio → Middle English: servage, servayge, servegeEnglish: servage