corvéable
French, adjective/kɔʁ.ve.abl/
corvéable is spelled C-O-R-V-É-A-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corvéable is a French adjective meaning “liable to corvée labour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui était sujet à la corvée”.
What does corvéable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
liable to corvée labour
taillable et corvéable à merci
- 2
exploitable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui était sujet à la corvée. 2. Qui se doit d'être serviable.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of corvéable
- corvéables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corvéable?
- /kɔʁ.ve.abl/
- \kɔʁ.ve.abl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is corvéable in French?
corvéable appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).