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servage

French, noun/sɛʁ.vaʒ/

servage is spelled S-E-R-V-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Servage is a French masculine noun meaning “servitude (the state of being a slave)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Condition du serf”.

What does servage mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineservitude (the state of being a slave)

  2. 2

    masculineserfage

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Condition du serf. 2. Esclavage ; servitude. 3. Soumission, assujettissement, obéissance.

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 servage

  • servages plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce servage?

  • /sɛʁ.vaʒ/
  • \sɛʁ.vaʒ\
  • [sɛʁ.vaʒ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to servage

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is servage in French?

servage appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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