Grammatical class
Noun
corvée
(historical) corvee (labour due to a feudal lord; labour on roads) [from 1170s]
Details
Syllables
cor-vée
Phonetics
kɔʁ.ve
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
4815
Freq. (movies)
7324
Freq. (news)
27197
Sentences
C'est un peu la corvée parfois.
It’s kind of a slog at times.
A1
Courir les magasins est devenu une corvée pour lui.
Shopping around has become a burden to him.
A1
La corvée des tâches ménagères ne s'arrête jamais.
The drudgery of housework never ends.
A2