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Etymology
People from these countries are usually considered Slavs From Middle English sclave Medieval Latin Sclavus Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος ( Sklábos ) ; see that entry for more.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Slav (plural Slavs or ( archaic ) Slavi
A member of any of the peoples from Eastern Europe who speak the Slavic languages .
( British , birdwatching ) Slavonian grebe .
Usage notes
From the mid 1700s until the mid 1800s, the plural Slavi was more common; since then Slavs has predominated.
Derived terms
Translations
a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
Albanian: sllav (sq) m sllave f
Arabic: سَلَاف m ( salāf ) , صَقَالِبَة ( ṣaqāliba )
Armenian: սլավոն (hy) ( slavon )
Asturian: eslavu (ast)
Azerbaijani: slavyan
Belarusian: славяні́н m ( slavjanín ) , славя́нка f ( slavjánka )
Bulgarian: славяни́н (bg) m ( slavjanín ) , славя́нка f ( slavjánka )
Catalan: eslau m eslava f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 斯拉夫人 ( si1 laai1 fu1 jan4 )
Mandarin: 斯拉夫人 (zh) ( sīlāfūrén )
Czech: Slovan (cs) m
Danish: slaver c
Dutch: Slaaf (nl) m Slavische (nl) f
Esperanto: slavo slavino ( woman )
Estonian: slaavlane
Finnish: slaavi (fi)
French: Slave (fr) m or f
Friulian: sclâf sclâv
Georgian: სლავი ( slavi )
German: Slawe (de) m Slawin (de) f
Greek: Σλάβος (el) m ( Slávos ) , Σλάβα (el) f ( Sláva )
Hebrew: סלאבי m
Hindi: स्लाव m ( slāv )
Hungarian: szláv (hu)
Irish: Slavacha
Japanese: スラヴ人 ( Suravu-jin ) , スラブ人 ( Surabu-jin )
Kazakh: славян ( slavän )
Korean: 슬라브 사람 ( seullabeu saram )
Kyrgyz: славян ( slavyan ) , славянин ( slavyanin )
Latin: Slavus m
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Latvian: slāvs m slāviete f
Lithuanian: slavas m slavė f
Macedonian: Словен m ( Sloven ) , Словенка f ( Slovenka )
Mongolian: слав ( slav ) , славян ( slavjan )
Norwegian: slav
Persian: اسلاو (fa) ( eslâv )
Polabian: slüövenskë
Polish: Słowianin (pl) m Słowianka (pl) f
Portuguese: eslavo (pt) m
Romanian: slav (ro) m slavă (ro) f
Russian: славяни́н (ru) m ( slavjanín ) , славя́нка (ru) f ( slavjánka )
Scottish Gaelic: Slàbhach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Словен m Словенка f ( Bosnian, Serbian ) , Славен m Славенка f ( Croatian )
Roman: Sloven m Slovenka f ( Bosnian, Serbian ) , Slaven m Slavenka f ( Croatian )
Slovak: Slovan m Slovanka f
Slovene: Slován m Slovánka f
Spanish: eslavo (es) m eslava (es) f
Swedish: slav (sv)
Tagalog: Eslabo
Tajik: славян ( slavyan )
Thai: ชาว สลาฟ ( chaao sà-làaf )
Turkish: Slav (tr)
Turkmen: slawýan
Ukrainian: слов'яни́н m ( slovʺjanýn ) , слов'я́нка f ( slovʺjánka )
Urdu: سلاو m ( slāv )
Uzbek: slavyan (uz)
Venetian: slavo
Vietnamese: người Slav
Welsh: Slaf m
Yakut: ньөһа ( nyöha )
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