Значение

значений: 3
  1. (исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.

    Lehen

    фео́дfeód

  2. (исчисляемое, переносно, неисчисляемое)Synonym of estate: any land, when considered as a region over which the owner exercises lordly control.

  3. (исчисляемое, переносно, неисчисляемое)A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.

    Herrschaftsbereich

Ещё определения
  • a piece of land held under the feudal system

Примеры

предложений: 1
  1. Technofeudalism is like a modern version of feudalism in which the fiefs are in the digital world rather than the physical world.

Переводы

языков: 8
Русский
По значениям 1
An estate held with feudal obligations:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
An estate held with feudal obligations:
area of dominion:

Происхождение

From Middle French fief, from Old French fief, from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feu

From Middle French fief, from Old French fief, from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum (whence also Old French fieu, fied), from Old Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *peḱu- (“sheep”). Doublet of fee, feud, and feoff.

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Формы

мн. число: fiefs
Ед. числоfief
Мн. числоfiefs

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 3
Близкие по смыслу
  • a piece of land held under the feudal system:feoff

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 8

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