sloven

See also Sloven

English

Etymology

From Middle Flemish sloovin (“a scold”) related to sloef (“untidy, shabby”), from Proto-Germanic *slup- + Old French suffix -ain, from Latin -anus Related to slob, slow, sloth, slush, slurp, sloof, slattern, and slut.

Noun

sloven (plural slovens)

1. A man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order; -- the male equivalent of slattern, or slut; untidy, dirty.
2. low, base, lewd
3. (obsolete) immoral woman

Translations

man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order

• Finnish: hamppari (fi), hampuusi (fi)
• Russian: неряха (ru) (nerjáxa) m and f, замарашка (ru) (zamaráška) f, грязнуля (ru) (grjaznúlja) m and f

Derived terms

• slovenliness
• slovenly
• slovenness

Anagrams

• novels

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Dutch

Noun

sloven

1. Plural form of sloof

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• slovenar

Noun

sloven m (definite singular slovenen; indefinite plural slovenar; definite plural slovenane)

1. Slovenian (person)

Related terms

• Slovenia
• slovensk

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Romanian

Etymology

Serbo-Croatian Sloven.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sloˈven]

Adjective

sloven ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. (of a person) Slovene, Slovenian

Declension

declension of sloven

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	sloven		slovenă	sloveni	slovene
	definite	slovenul		slovena	slovenii	slovenele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	sloven		slovene	sloveni	slovene
	definite	slovenului		slovenei	slovenilor	slovenelor

Noun

sloven m (plural sloveni; feminine equivalent slovenă)

1. a Slovene/Slovenian person

Declension

declension of sloven

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un sloven	slovenul	niște sloveni	slovenii
genitive/dative	unui sloven	slovenului	unor sloveni	slovenilor

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Swedish

Noun

sloven c

1. A person from Slovenia, chiefly male

Declension

Declension of sloven

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sloven	slovenen	slovener	slovenerna
genitive	slovens	slovenens	sloveners	slovenernas

See also

• slovenska