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): (file)
(verb):
- enPR: kən'skrĭpt, IPA^(key): /kənˈskɹɪpt/
- Audio (US); “conscript” (verb): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪpt

Noun

conscript (plural conscripts)

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) m, recluta (es) m, colimba m (River Plate), quinto (es) m, caloyo 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)

Drafted into a military service or similar.
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), conscripto (es) m

Verb

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

(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.

Derived terms

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), conscribir

Related terms

conscript father

Etymology 2

From con- (“constructed”) +‎ script.

Noun

conscript (plural conscripts)

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