Serf

//sɝf//

Synonyms for "serf" (92 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Noun(1 words)
helot

Strong matches (27)

Noun(1 words)
farmer

Related words (46)

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Translations

84 translations across 49 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • rëmër noun (semifree peasant)
  • shërbëtor noun (semifree peasant)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • θής noun (semifree peasant)
  • θῆσσα noun (semifree peasant)

Arabic

1 entries
  • قِنّ noun (semifree peasant)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ճորտ noun (semifree peasant)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • прыго́нная noun (semifree peasant)
  • прыго́нны noun (semifree peasant)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • кре́постен се́лянин noun (semifree peasant)
  • кре́постник noun (semifree peasant)
  • кре́постничка noun (semifree peasant)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မြေကျွန် noun (semifree peasant)

Catalan

1 entries
  • serf noun (semifree peasant)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 農奴 /农奴 noun (semifree peasant)

Czech

1 entries
  • nevolník noun (semifree peasant)

Danish

1 entries
  • livegen noun (semifree peasant)

Dutch

4 entries
  • horige noun (semifree peasant)
  • laat noun (semifree peasant)
  • lijfeigene noun (semifree peasant)
  • serf noun (semifree peasant)

Erzya

2 entries
  • модаре noun (semifree peasant)
  • модарява noun (semifree peasant)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pärisori noun (semifree peasant)

Finnish

1 entries
  • maaorja noun (semifree peasant)

French

1 entries
  • serf noun (semifree peasant)

Galician

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  • servo noun (semifree peasant)

German

1 entries
  • Leibeigener noun (semifree peasant)

Greek

2 entries
  • δουλοπάροικος noun (semifree peasant)
  • κολλίγας noun (semifree peasant)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אריס noun (semifree peasant)
  • צמית noun (semifree peasant)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • jobbágy noun (semifree peasant)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • krepostnoi noun (semifree peasant)

Irish

3 entries
  • daoirseach noun (semifree peasant)
  • daor noun (semifree peasant)
  • seirfeach noun (semifree peasant)

Italian

1 entries
  • servo della gleba noun (semifree peasant)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 小作人 noun (semifree peasant)
  • 農奴 noun (semifree peasant)

Korean

1 entries
  • 농노 noun (semifree peasant)

Latin

1 entries
  • colōnus noun (semifree peasant)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • закре́постен се́ланец noun (semifree peasant)
  • кмет noun (semifree peasant)
  • кре́посен се́ланец noun (semifree peasant)

Middle English

1 entries
  • servaunt noun (semifree peasant)

Māori

2 entries
  • poroteke noun (semifree peasant)
  • rōpā noun (semifree peasant)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • leilending noun (semifree peasant)
  • livegen noun (semifree peasant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • leiglending noun (semifree peasant)
  • liveigen noun (semifree peasant)

Occitan

1 entries
  • sèrf noun (semifree peasant)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • dóer noun (semifree peasant)

Polish

2 entries
  • chłop pańszczyźniany noun (semifree peasant)
  • kmieć noun (semifree peasant)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • servo noun (semifree peasant)

Romanian

2 entries
  • iobag noun (semifree peasant)
  • șerb noun (semifree peasant)

Russian

3 entries
  • крепостна́я noun (semifree peasant)
  • крепостно́й noun (semifree peasant)
  • холо́п noun (semifree peasant)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kmètica noun (semifree peasant)
  • kmȅt noun (semifree peasant)
  • кме̏т noun (semifree peasant)
  • кмѐтица noun (semifree peasant)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nevoľník noun (semifree peasant)

Slovene

1 entries
  • tlačan noun (semifree peasant)

Spanish

1 entries
  • siervo noun (semifree peasant)

Swedish

1 entries
  • livegen noun (semifree peasant)

Tatar

1 entries
  • кол noun (semifree peasant)

Thai

2 entries
  • ข้าไพร่ noun (semifree peasant)
  • ไพร่ noun (semifree peasant)

Tibetan

4 entries
  • དུད་ཆང noun (semifree peasant)
  • བྲན noun (semifree peasant)
  • བྲན་གཡོག noun (semifree peasant)
  • མངའ་ཞབས noun (semifree peasant)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • кріпа́к noun (semifree peasant)
  • кріпосна́ noun (semifree peasant)
  • кріпосни́й noun (semifree peasant)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nông nô noun (semifree peasant)

Welsh

1 entries
  • taeog noun (semifree peasant)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

At the same time you must consider that I am only a serf on this estate: that I am owner of nothing here. It is necessary therefore, that my master should be made acquainted with the business, and that we should have his consent.

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I am a serf.

Source: tatoeba (10737553)

I'm just a lowly serf.

Source: tatoeba (11064727)

See how the serfs work the ground / And they give it all they’ve got

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