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conscription en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kənˈskɹɪpʃən/
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Etymology

From Middle French conscription, from Latin cōnscriptiō (“levying of troops”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An enrolling or registering.
    • conscription of men of war 1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]:

Forms

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conscriptions Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

conscriptional · nonconscription · reconscription · anticonscription

Relateds

conscript · conscribe

Synonyms

draft

Translations (65)

fr conscription (involuntary labor, especially military service) · pl asenterunek (involuntary labor, especially military service) · nl dienstplicht (involuntary labor, especially military service) · ar تَجْنِيد إِجْبَارِيّ (involuntary labor, especially military service) · be прызы́ў (involuntary labor, especially military service) · is herkvaðning (involuntary labor, especially military service) · hy զինապարտություն (involuntary labor, especially military service) · ru призы́в (involuntary labor, especially military service) · es conscripción (involuntary labor, especially military service) · sv värnplikt (involuntary labor, especially military service) · lt karinė prievolė (involuntary labor, especially military service) · ca reclutament forçós (involuntary labor, especially military service) · et ajateenistus (involuntary labor, especially military service) · fi asepalvelus (involuntary labor, especially military service) · tr celp (involuntary labor, especially military service) · fr service militaire obligatoire (involuntary labor, especially military service) · sk branná povinnosť (involuntary labor, especially military service) · hu sorozás (involuntary labor, especially military service) · hy զորակոչում (involuntary labor, especially military service) · ca conscripció (involuntary labor, especially military service) · bg вое́нна пови́нност (involuntary labor, especially military service) · mk регрутирање (involuntary labor, especially military service) · pl pobór (involuntary labor, especially military service) · uk при́зов (involuntary labor, especially military service) · ru во́инская обя́занность (involuntary labor, especially military service) · sl vpoklic (involuntary labor, especially military service) · hi अनिवार्य सैन्य सेवा (involuntary labor, especially military service) · af diensplig (involuntary labor, especially military service) · cs odvod (involuntary labor, especially military service) · cmn 徵兵 /征兵 (involuntary labor, especially military service) · uk військо́ва пови́нність (involuntary labor, especially military service) · it servizio militare obbligatorio (involuntary labor, especially military service) · es reclutamiento forzoso (involuntary labor, especially military service) · sl nabor (involuntary labor, especially military service) · de Wehrpflicht (involuntary labor, especially military service) · nn verneplikt (involuntary labor, especially military service) · uk військо́вий обо́в'язок (involuntary labor, especially military service) · sv utskrivning (involuntary labor, especially military service) · it coscrizione (involuntary labor, especially military service) · ca servei militar obligatori (involuntary labor, especially military service) · pl branka (involuntary labor, especially military service) · nb verneplikt (involuntary labor, especially military service) · it arruolamento (involuntary labor, especially military service) · pt conscrição (involuntary labor, especially military service) · ja 徴兵 (involuntary labor, especially military service) · be во́інская паві́ннасць (involuntary labor, especially military service) · sh регрута́ција (involuntary labor, especially military service) · fi asevelvollisuus (involuntary labor, especially military service) · sk odvod (involuntary labor, especially military service) · el στρατολόγηση (involuntary labor, especially military service) · be во́інскі абавя́зак (involuntary labor, especially military service) · kk әскерге шақыру (involuntary labor, especially military service) · sh regrutácija (involuntary labor, especially military service) · da værnepligt (involuntary labor, especially military service) · es reclutamiento obligatorio (involuntary labor, especially military service) · pt serviço militar obrigatório (involuntary labor, especially military service) · ko 징병 (involuntary labor, especially military service) · hy զորակոչ (involuntary labor, especially military service) · ru во́инская пови́нность (involuntary labor, especially military service) · de Konskription (involuntary labor, especially military service) · cs branná povinnost (involuntary labor, especially military service) · he גיוס (involuntary labor, especially military service) · mi māperetanga (involuntary labor, especially military service) · es servicio militar obligatorio (involuntary labor, especially military service) · id wajib militer (involuntary labor, especially military service)