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.
- 2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 130:
  “[...] Isaac! You’re being conscripted.” Fay Lie grabs Isaac Sachs’s elbow. “You’ll remember bumping into Luisa Rey the other day?”
  “I’m one lucky conscript. Hi, Luisa, again.”
  Here conscript is used figuratively to refer to someone socially forced to join a conversation.

Translations

draftee

Arabic: مُجَنَّد m (mujannad)
Armenian: զորակոչիկ (hy) (zorakočʻik)
Azerbaijani: çağırışçı
Belarusian: прызыўні́к m (pryzywník), рэ́крут m (rékrut)
Bulgarian: на́борник m (nábornik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 義務兵 / 义务兵 (zh) (yìwùbīng)
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), Rekrut (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, rekrutka (pl) f
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

Latin: règrūt (sh) m, nòvāk (sh) m
Slovak: branec (sk) m
Slovene: nabornik m
Spanish: conscripto (es) m, recluta (es) m, colimba (es) 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
Polish: poborowy (pl)
Portuguese: conscrito (pt), alistado (pt)
Russian: мобилизо́ванный (ru) (mobilizóvannyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: регрутиран, мобилизиран, уновачен

Latin: 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.
- 2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 130:
  “[...] Isaac! You’re being conscripted.” Fay Lie grabs Isaac Sach’s elbow. “You’ll remember bumping into Luisa Rey the other day?”
  “I’m one lucky conscript. Hi, Luisa, again.”
  Here conscript is used figuratively to mean socially forcing someone to join a conversation.

Derived terms

Related terms

conscription

Translations

to enroll 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
Māori: māpere
Polish: werbować (pl) impf, zwerbować (pl) pf, powoływać (pl) impf, powołać (pl) pf
Portuguese: alistar (pt), alistar (pt)
Russian: мобилизова́ть (ru) (mobilizovátʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: gairm
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мобили́зирати impf or pf

Latin: mobilízirati (sh) impf or pf
Slovene: vpoklicati
Spanish: reclutar (es), enrolar (es), alistar (es), conscribir

Related terms

conscript father

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *ster-

Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *strew-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *stréweti

Proto-Italic *strowō

Latin struō

Latin cōnstruōder.

Latin cōnstrūctusbor.

English construct

Proto-Germanic *-ōd-

Old English -ode

Middle English -ede

English -ed

English constructed

Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s

Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā

Old Latin dingua

Latin lingōinflu.?

Latin lingua

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Vulgar Latin *linguāticum

Old French languagebor.

Middle English langage

English language

English conlangbf.

English con-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti

Proto-Italic *skreiβō

Latin scrībō

Latin scrīptum

Old French escritbor.

Middle English scrit

English script

English conscript

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