forçat

See also: forçât

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [furˈsat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [forˈsat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾˈsat]
• Rhymes: -at

Participle

forçat (feminine forçada, masculine plural forçats, feminine plural forçades)

1. past participle of forçar

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian forzato. Doublet of forcé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.sa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

forçat m (plural forçats)

1. convict
2. galley slave

   Synonym: galérien

   travail de forçat ― slave labor

Further reading

• “forçat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.