knave

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From Middle English knave, knafe, from Old English cnafa (“child, boy, youth; servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *knabō. Cognate to Dutch knaap and German Knabe.

188 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: прислу́жник (prislúžnik) — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Catalan: patge — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Dutch: knaap — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Finnish: knaapi — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Finnish: hovipoika — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• French: page — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• German: Knabe — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• German: Knappe — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• German: Junge — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Italian: paggio — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Polish: chłopiec pracujący jako służący — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Portuguese: pajem — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Romanian: paj — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Russian: ма́льчик-слуга́ (málʹčik-slugá) — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Russian: прислу́жник (prislúžnik) — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Spanish: paje — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Swahili: ghulamu — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Swedish: hjon — archaic: boy; especially, boy servant
• Dutch: boy — archaic: any male servant
• Dutch: knecht — archaic: any male servant
• Finnish: knaapi — archaic: any male servant
• Georgian: ლაქია (lakia) — archaic: any male servant
• Georgian: მსახური (msaxuri) — archaic: any male servant
• German: Knecht — archaic: any male servant
• Italian: garzone — archaic: any male servant
• Italian: giovane — archaic: any male servant
• Polish: sługa — archaic: any male servant
• Romanian: servitor — archaic: any male servant
• Russian: прислу́жник (prislúžnik) — archaic: any male servant
• Russian: лаке́й (lakéj) — archaic: any male servant
• Spanish: mozo — archaic: any male servant
• Swahili: ghulamu — archaic: any male servant
• Swedish: dräng (farmhand) — archaic: any male servant
• Bulgarian: моше́ник (mošénik) — deceitful fellow
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡棍 /恶棍 (ègùn) — deceitful fellow
• Czech: lotr — deceitful fellow
• Czech: darebák — deceitful fellow
• Czech: ničema — deceitful fellow
• Czech: bídák — deceitful fellow
• Dutch: schelm — deceitful fellow
• Finnish: lurjus — deceitful fellow
• French: voyou — deceitful fellow
• French: fourbe — deceitful fellow
• French: faquin — deceitful fellow
• Georgian: არამზადა (aramzada) — deceitful fellow
• Georgian: გაიძვერა (gaiʒvera) — deceitful fellow
• Georgian: თაღლითი (taɣliti) — deceitful fellow
• German: Gauner — deceitful fellow
• German: Schurke — deceitful fellow
• German: Bösewicht — deceitful fellow
• German: Übeltäter — deceitful fellow
• German: Unhold — deceitful fellow
• German: Strolch — deceitful fellow
• Greek: απατεών (apateón) — deceitful fellow
• Ancient Greek: πανοῦργος (panoûrgos) — deceitful fellow
• Hungarian: gazember — deceitful fellow
• Hungarian: lókötő — deceitful fellow
• Hungarian: pernahajder — deceitful fellow
• Hungarian: csibész — deceitful fellow
• Hungarian: zsivány — deceitful fellow
• Japanese: 悪党 (akutō) — deceitful fellow
• Korean: 악당 (akdang) — deceitful fellow
• Macedonian: и́змамник (ízmamnik) — deceitful fellow
• Plautdietsch: Hollunk — deceitful fellow
• Polish: niegodziwiec — deceitful fellow
• Romanian: pungaș — deceitful fellow
• Romanian: bandit — deceitful fellow
• Romanian: ticălos — deceitful fellow
• Romanian: nemernic — deceitful fellow
• Russian: подле́ц (podléc) — deceitful fellow
• Russian: плут (plut) — deceitful fellow
• Russian: жу́лик (žúlik) — deceitful fellow
• Russian: негодя́й (negodjáj) — deceitful fellow
• Russian: подо́нок (podónok) — deceitful fellow
• Spanish: bellaco — deceitful fellow
• Spanish: villano — deceitful fellow
• Swahili: ghulamu — deceitful fellow
• Swedish: skojare — deceitful fellow
• Swedish: gynnare — deceitful fellow
• Ottoman Turkish: لوند (levend) — deceitful fellow
• Ahtna: kohtʼaene — playing card
• Albanian: fant — playing card
• Arabic: أَعْرَج (ʔaʕraj) — playing card
• Armenian: զինվոր (zinvor) — playing card
• Armenian: վալետ (valet) — playing card
• Azerbaijani: valet — playing card
• Azerbaijani: vale — playing card
• Azerbaijani: oğlan — playing card
• Belarusian: вале́т (valjét) — playing card
• Belarusian: ні́жнік (nížnik) — playing card
• Bengali: গোলাম (gōlam) — playing card
• Bulgarian: вале́ (valé) — playing card
• Burmese: ဂျက် (gyak) — playing card
• Catalan: sota — playing card
• Chickasaw: minko' oshi' — playing card
• Chinese Cantonese: 積 /积 (zik1) — playing card
• Chinese Mandarin: 鉤 /钩 (gōu) — playing card
• Chinese Mandarin: J — playing card
• Czech: spodek — playing card
• Czech: kluk — playing card
• Danish: knægt — playing card
• Dutch: boer — playing card
• Dutch: zot — playing card
• Esperanto: bubo — playing card
• Esperanto: fanto — playing card
• Esperanto: paĝio — playing card
• Estonian: poiss — playing card
• Estonian: soldat — playing card
• Finnish: jätkä — playing card
• Finnish: sotilas — playing card
• Finnish: sotamies — playing card
• Finnish: solttu — playing card
• French: valet — playing card
• Georgian: ვალეტი (valeṭi) — playing card
• German: Bube — playing card
• Greek: βαλές (valés) — playing card
• Hebrew: נָסִיךְ (nasíkh) — playing card
• Hindi: ग़ुलाम (ġulām) — playing card
• Hungarian: bubi — playing card
• Hungarian: jumbó — playing card
• Icelandic: gosi — playing card
• Ido: pajo — playing card
• Irish: cuireata — playing card
• Italian: fante — playing card
• Japanese: ジャック (jakku) — playing card
• Kazakh: балта (balta) — playing card
• Khmer: កាតឹប (kaatəp) — playing card
• Korean: 잭 (jaek) — playing card
• Kyrgyz: валет (valet) — playing card
• Kyrgyz: балта (balta) — playing card
• Latvian: kalps — playing card
• Lithuanian: žemys — playing card
• Lithuanian: žemukas — playing card
• Lithuanian: kojinis — playing card
• Lithuanian: kaplys — playing card
• Macedonian: џа́ндар (džándar) — playing card
• Malay: pekak — playing card
• Maltese: kavall — playing card
• Māori: tiaki — playing card
• Mongolian: боол (bool) — playing card
• Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠭᠣᠯ (boɣol) — playing card
• Navajo: sóóda — playing card
• Norman: valet — playing card
• Norwegian Bokmål: knekt — playing card
• Norwegian Nynorsk: knekt — playing card
• Ojibwe: zhiimaaganish — playing card
• Iranian Persian: سَرْباز (sarbâz) — playing card
• Polish: walet — playing card
• Polish: jopek — playing card
• Portuguese: valete — playing card
• Romanian: valet — playing card
• Russian: вале́т (valét) — playing card
• Serbo-Croatian: де̏чко — playing card
• Serbo-Croatian: жа̏ндар — playing card
• Serbo-Croatian: жа̏ца — playing card
• Serbo-Croatian: пу̏б — playing card
• Serbo-Croatian: dȅčko — playing card
• Serbo-Croatian: žȁndar — playing card
• Serbo-Croatian: žȁca — playing card
• Serbo-Croatian: pȕb — playing card
• Sicilian: donna — playing card
• Silesian: dupek — playing card
• Slovak: dolník — playing card
• Slovene: fant — playing card
• Slovene: pob — playing card
• Spanish: sota — playing card
• Swahili: ghulamu — playing card
• Swahili: mzungu wa tatu — playing card
• Swedish: knekt — playing card
• Tajik: саллот (sallot) — playing card
• Thai: แจ็ค (jɛ̀k) — playing card
• Turkish: bacak — playing card
• Turkish: oğlan — playing card
• Turkish: vale — playing card
• Turkish: fanti — playing card
• Ottoman Turkish: اوغلان (oğlan) — playing card
• Ottoman Turkish: باجاق (bacak) — playing card
• Ottoman Turkish: فانتی (fanti) — playing card
• Ukrainian: вале́т (valét) — playing card
• Urdu: غُلام (ġulām) — playing card
• Uzbek: valet — playing card
• Uzbek: sallot — playing card
• Vietnamese: bồi — playing card
• Welsh: jac — playing card
• Welsh: milwr — playing card
• Yiddish: פּויער (poyer) — playing card
• Zazaki: vale — playing card
• Zazaki: zelat — playing card