servitude
French, noun/sɛʁ.vi.tyd/
servitude is spelled S-E-R-V-I-T-U-D-E (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,380th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Servitude is a French feminine noun meaning “servitude, thralldom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Esclavage, captivité ; état d’un peuple entièrement subjugué”.
What does servitude mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineservitude, thralldom
- 2
feminineeasement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Esclavage, captivité ; état d’un peuple entièrement subjugué. 2. État d’une personne assujettie, livrée à ses passions. 3. Contrainte ; assujettissement. 4. Assujettissement, charge que doit supporter le propriétaire d’une maison, d’une terre, comme un passage, une vue, l’écoulement des eaux, etc.
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 servitude
- servitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce servitude?
- /sɛʁ.vi.tyd/
- \sɛʁ.vi.tyd\
- [sɛʁ.vi.tyd]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to servitude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is servitude in French?
servitude appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).