folwark

English translation: folwark (a feudal estate constituting a demesne, worked by serfs under the corvée system)/demesne

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Polish term or phrase:folwark
English translation:folwark (a feudal estate constituting a demesne, worked by serfs under the corvée system)/demesne
Entered by: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.

14:49 Nov 16, 2014
Polish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Genealogy / a personal letter written in 1946
Polish term or phrase: folwark
A teraz u nas folwarki rozparcelowano. I don't want to translate "folwark" as "a farm", perhaps manor lands?
Anna Kaczor
Local time: 14:32
folwark (a feudal estate constituting a demesne, worked by serfs under the corvée system)/demesne
Explanation:
The word and the system are typically Polish. I would leave as is and/or add a description or use the description as the explanation. The closest word in English is demesne, which is also a valid answer.

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Folwark (Belarusian: фальварак, Falvarak; German: Vorwerk; Lithuanian: Palivarkas) is a Polish word for a primarily serfdom-based farm and agricultural enterprise (a type of latifundium), often very large.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folwark
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In the feudal system the demesne (/dɨˈmeɪn/ di-mayn; from Old French demeine ultimately from Latin dominus, "lord, master of a household")[1] was all the land, not necessarily all contiguous to the manor house, which was retained by a lord of the manor for his own use and support, under his own management, as distinguished from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants.

Initially the demesne lands were worked on the lord's behalf by villeins or by serfs, who had no right of tenure on it, in fulfillment of their feudal obligations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demesne
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unpaid labor (as toward constructing roads) due from a feudal vassal to his lord
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corvée
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2 +2folwark (a feudal estate constituting a demesne, worked by serfs under the corvée system)/demesne
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
1latifundium
Jacek Kloskowski


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folwark (a feudal estate constituting a demesne, worked by serfs under the corvée system)/demesne


Explanation:
The word and the system are typically Polish. I would leave as is and/or add a description or use the description as the explanation. The closest word in English is demesne, which is also a valid answer.

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Folwark (Belarusian: фальварак, Falvarak; German: Vorwerk; Lithuanian: Palivarkas) is a Polish word for a primarily serfdom-based farm and agricultural enterprise (a type of latifundium), often very large.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folwark
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In the feudal system the demesne (/dɨˈmeɪn/ di-mayn; from Old French demeine ultimately from Latin dominus, "lord, master of a household")[1] was all the land, not necessarily all contiguous to the manor house, which was retained by a lord of the manor for his own use and support, under his own management, as distinguished from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants.

Initially the demesne lands were worked on the lord's behalf by villeins or by serfs, who had no right of tenure on it, in fulfillment of their feudal obligations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demesne
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unpaid labor (as toward constructing roads) due from a feudal vassal to his lord
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corvée

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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Local time: 14:32
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agree  LilianNekipelov: estate. You have to leave the original name, though "folwark", a landed estate and a farming enterprise.
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Lilian. I thought that folwark has a typically Polish flavor, which makes it difficult to convey the full range of its uniqueness. It may be best for English to simply take this word into its vacabulary. If not, then an explanation is merited

agree  mike23: Hi, I agree. I think we should introduce the term 'folwark' together with an explanation such as folwark (manor farm)
18 hrs
  -> Good idea. Have a great day.
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latifundium


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Folwark (Belarusian: фальварак, Falvarak; German: Vorwerk; Lithuanian: Palivarkas) is a Polish word for a primarily serfdom-based farm and agricultural enterprise (a type of latifundium), often very large.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folwark

Jacek Kloskowski
United States
Local time: 14:32
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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