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someone put an obsolete propaganda theory as the etymology
I think we can just cut this off at Latin, anyway, and direct users to that entry (where I see the etymology has been updated identically to give Kluge's etymology - thanks!) and the English 'hub' of info on 'Slav' (namely, the entry Slav). btw I am mentioning this in the WT:ES in case anyone wants to add/mention other theories.
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|-}}, from {{der|en|fro|sclave}}, from {{der|en|ML.|sclāvus||slave}}, from {{der|en|LL.|Sclāvus||Slav}}, because [[Slavs]] were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages,<ref>{{R:Dictionary.com}}</ref><ref>{{R:Merriam Webster Online}}</ref><ref>{{R:Etymonline}}</ref><ref name="OED"></ref> from {{der|en|gkm|σκλάβος}}, from the Greek verb {{m|grc|σκυλάω}}, a variant of {{m|grc|σκυλεύω||to get the spoils of war}}.<ref name="Kluge2">F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 2002, siehe «Sklave».</ref>
From {{inh|en|enm|-}}, from {{der|en|fro|sclave}}, from {{der|en|ML.|sclāvus||slave}}, from {{der|en|LL.|Sclāvus||Slav}}, because [[Slavs]] were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages;<ref>{{R:Dictionary.com}}</ref><ref>{{R:Merriam Webster Online}}</ref><ref>{{R:Etymonline}}</ref><ref name="OED"></ref><ref name="Kluge2">F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 2002, siehe «Sklave».</ref> see that entry and {{m|en|Slav}} for more.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 08:21, 7 May 2018

See also: Slave, Slavé, slāve, slavē, and slāvē

English

Alternative forms

obsolete alternative forms[1]
[skl]-initial:

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[sl]-initial:
  • (16th century):
  • (17th century):

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French sclave, from Medieval Latin sclāvus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclāvus (“Slav”), because Slavs were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages;[2][3][4][1][5] see that entry and Slav for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

slave (plural slaves)

  1. A person who is the property of another person and whose labor (and sometimes also whose life) is subject to the owner's volition.
  2. A person who is legally obliged by prior contract (oral or written) to work for another, with contractually limited rights to bargain; an indentured servant.
  3. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders to something.
    a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition
  4. A drudge; one who labours like a slave.
  5. An abject person; a wretch.
    Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill'd/ Mine innocent child? Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing.
  6. A person who is forced against his/her will to perform, for another person or other persons, sexual acts or other personal services on a regular or continuing basis.
  7. (engineering) A device that is controlled by another device.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

Verb

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  1. (intransitive) To work hard.
    I was slaving all day over a hot stove.
  2. (transitive) To enslave.
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  3. (transitive) To place a device under the control of another.
    to slave a hard disk
    • 2005, Simon Millward, Fast Guide to Cubase SX (page 403)
      Slaving one digital audio device to another unit using timecode alone results in time-based synchronisation […]

Translations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “slave, n.1 (and a.)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989
  2. ^ “slave”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  3. ^ “slave”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  4. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “slave”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  5. ^ F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 2002, siehe «Sklave».

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sklave, from Latin sclavus, whence also slaver.

Noun

slave c (singular definite slaven, plural indefinite slaver)

  1. slave

Inflection

Declension of slave
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slave slaven slaver slaverne
genitive slaves slavens slavers slavernes

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

slave (imperative slav, infinitive at slave, present tense slaver, past tense slavede, perfect tense har slavet)

  1. slave

Synonyms

French

Etymology

From Middle French Sclave, from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "esclave" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E..

Pronunciation

Adjective

slave (plural slaves)

  1. Slav, Slavic
    Les langues slaves.

Derived terms

Noun

slave m (uncountable)

  1. Slavic language
    Avant le IXe siècle, on présume que les Slaves partageaient tous une langue à peu près identique appelée le slave commun, mais aucun écrit avant 860 ne peut le prouver.

References

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Adjective

slave

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of slavo

Noun

slave f

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of slavo

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

slave f (5th declension)

  1. (dialectal) fame, glory; (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) alternative form of slava

Declension

Declension of slave (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) slave —
accusative (akuzatīvs) slavi —
genitive (ģenitīvs) slaves —
dative (datīvs) slavei —
instrumental (instrumentālis) slavi —
locative (lokatīvs) slavē —
vocative (vokatīvs) slave —

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

slave m (definite singular slaven, indefinite plural slaver, definite plural slavene)

  1. a slave

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

slave m (definite singular slaven, indefinite plural slavar, definite plural slavane)

  1. a slave

Derived terms

References

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