conscript

English

Etymology 1

From Latin cōnscriptus, perfect passive participle of cōnscrībō (“write together; enroll”).

Pronunciation

• (noun, adjective):
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnskɹɪpt/, enPR: kŏn'skrĭpt
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnskɹɪpt/, enPR: kän'skrĭpt

  • Audio (US); “conscript” (noun):

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• (verb):
  • enPR: kən'skrĭpt, IPA^(key): /kənˈskɹɪpt/

  • Audio (US); “conscript” (verb):

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  • Rhymes: -ɪpt

Noun

conscript (plural conscripts)

1. One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.

   The soldier was a conscript.

Translations

draftee

• Arabic: مُجَنَّد m (mujannad)
• Armenian: զորակոչիկ (hy) (zorakočʻik)
• Azerbaijani: çağırışçı
• Belarusian: прызыўні́к m (pryzyŭník), рэ́крут m (rékrut)
• Bulgarian: на́борник m (nábornik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被徵召者／被征召者 (bèi zhēngzhào zhě)

• Czech: branec (cs) m
• Dutch: dienstplichtige (nl)
• Esperanto: konskripto
• Estonian: ajateenija, kutsealune
• Finnish: asevelvollinen (fi), varusmies (fi), värvätty (fi)
• French: conscrit (fr), appelé (fr)
• German: Wehrpflichtiger (de)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua: conscripto
• Italian: coscritto (it) m, soldato di leva
• Japanese: 徴募兵 (ちょうぼへい, chōbohei)
• Korean: 징집병(徵集兵) (jingjipbyeong)
• Latvian: iesaucamais m
• Lithuanian: šauktinis m
• Luxembourgish: Zwangsrekrutéierten m
• Manx: co-screeuagh m, egintagh m
• Persian: سرباز وظیفه (sarbâz-e vazife)
• Polish: poborowy (pl) m, rekrut (pl) m
• Portuguese: conscrito (pt) m, alistado (pt) m
• Romanian: recrut (ro) m
• Russian: призывни́к (ru) m (prizyvník), ре́крут (ru) m (rékrut)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рѐгрӯт m, но̀ва̄к m

  Roman: règrūt (sh) m, nòvāk (sh) m

• Slovak: branec (sk) m
• Slovene: nabornik m
• Spanish: conscripto (es), recluta (es), colimba, quinto (es) m
• Swedish: värnpliktig (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: призо́вник (uk) m (pryzóvnyk), призовни́к (uk) m (pryzovnýk), ре́крут m (rékrut), строкови́к m (strokovýk)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: פּריזיווניק m (prizivnik)

Adjective

conscript (not comparable)

1. Drafted into a military service or similar.
2. Enrolled; written; registered.

Translations

drafted

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被徵召的／被征召的 (bèizhēngzhāode)

• Dutch: dienstplichtig (nl)
• Finnish: asevelvollinen (fi), värvätty (fi)
• German: verpflichtet (de), einberufen (de)
• Manx: egintagh
• Portuguese: conscrito (pt), alistado (pt)
• Russian: мобилизо́ванный (ru) (mobilizóvannyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: регрутиран, мобилизиран, уновачен

  Roman: regrutiran, mobiliziran, unovačen

• Slovene: naboren
• Spanish: reclutado (es), enrolado (es), alistado (es)

Verb

conscript (third-person singular simple present conscripts, present participle conscripting, simple past and past participle conscripted)

1. (transitive) To enroll compulsorily; to draft; to induct.

   Synonyms: draft, induct

   • 1996 March 15, Jonathan Mirsky, “Taiwan President visits islanders to bolster morale”, in The Times‎^[1], number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 15, column 3:

     Other rich families are being accused of sending their sons abroad before they can be conscripted. Every Taiwanese man must spend three years in the army and another 20 in the reserves.

Related terms

• conscription

Translations

to enrol(l) compulsorily

• Finnish: värvätä (fi)
• Hebrew: גייס (giyés)
• Ido: en-armeigar (io), konskriptar (io)
• Italian: arruolare (it)
• Japanese: 徴兵する
• Korean: 징병하다 (jingbyeonghada)
• Luxembourgish: zwangsrekrutéieren
• Manx: cur stiagh er egin
• Maori: māpere
• Portuguese: alistar (pt), alistar (pt)
• Russian: мобилизова́ть (ru) (mobilizovátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: gairm
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мобили́зирати impf or pf

  Roman: mobilízirati (sh) impf or pf

• Slovene: vpoklicati
• Spanish: reclutar (es), enrolar (es), alistar (es)

Related terms

• conscript father

Etymology 2

From con- (“constructed”) +‎ script.

Noun

conscript (plural conscripts)

1. A constructed script or writing system, especially for use with a conlang or spelling reform.

   Synonym: neography