esclau

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“Slav”). Doublet of eslau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈklaw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈklaw]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -aw

Noun

esclau m (plural esclaus, feminine esclava, feminine plural esclaves)

1. slave

See also

• eslau

Further reading

• “esclau”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007