esclavage
French → English
(history) Slavery: the condition where one human being is owned by another for labor
L’esclavage a été officiellement aboli dans ce pays à la fin du siècle dernier.
(English) Slavery was officially abolished in this country at the end of the last century.
Les historiens étudient les conséquences terribles de l’esclavage des nègres en Amérique.
(English) Historians study the terrible consequences of the slavery of black people in America.
(figurative) Bondage: a state of being heavily dominated by a task or passion
Cet emploi est très lucratif mais c’est un véritable esclavage quotidien.
(English) This job is very lucrative but it is a real daily bondage.
Il tente de se libérer de l’esclavage de ses passions destructrices.
(English) He is trying to free himself from the bondage of his destructive passions.
Entry ID: fr:en:esclavage · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary