Slav

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• British, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard: /slɑːv/
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• rhymes with -ɑːv
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• CMU ARPABET: S L AA1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Medieval Latin Sclāvusbor. Middle English Sclave English Slav From Middle English Sclave, borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more. Doublet of slave and ciao. Displaced native Old English Wined.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: sllav — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Albanian: sllave — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Arabic: صَقْلَبِيّ (ṣaqlabiyy) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Arabic: سَلَافِيّ (salāfiyy) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Arabic: سَلَاف (salāf) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Arabic: صَقَالِبَة (ṣaqāliba) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Armenian: սլավոն (slavon) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Asturian: eslavu — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Azerbaijani: slavyan — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Belarusian: славяні́н (slavjanín) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Belarusian: славя́нка (slavjánka) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Bulgarian: славя́нин (slavjánin) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Bulgarian: славя́нка (slavjánka) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Catalan: eslau — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Catalan: eslava — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Chinese Cantonese: 斯拉夫人 (si1 laai1 fu1 jan4) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Chinese Mandarin: 斯拉夫人 (sīlāfūrén) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Czech: Slovan — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Danish: slaver — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Dutch: Slaaf — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Dutch: Slavische — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Esperanto: slavo — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Esperanto: slavino — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Estonian: slaavlane — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Finnish: slaavi — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• French: slave — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Friulian: sclâf — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Friulian: sclâv — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Georgian: სლავი (slavi) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• German: Slawe — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• German: Slawin — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Greek: Σλάβος (Slávos) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Greek: Σλάβα (Sláva) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Ancient Greek: Σουοβηνός (Souobēnós) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Ancient Greek: Σταυανός (Stauanós) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Hebrew: סלאבי — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Hindi: स्लाव (slāv) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Hungarian: szláv — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Irish: Slavacha — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Italian: slavo — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Italian: slava — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Japanese: スラヴ人 (suravujin) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Japanese: スラブ人 (surabujin) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Kazakh: славян (slavän) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Korean: 슬라브 사람 (seullabeu saram) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Kyrgyz: славян (slavyan) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Kyrgyz: славянин (slavyanin) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Latin: Sclavus — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Latvian: slāvs — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Latvian: slāviete — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Lithuanian: slavas — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Lithuanian: slavė — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Macedonian: Словен (Sloven) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Macedonian: Словенка (Slovenka) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Middle English: Sclave — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Mongolian: слав (slav) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Mongolian: славян (slavjan) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Norwegian: slav — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Old East Slavic: словѣнинъ (slověninŭ) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Old East Slavic: словѣнка (slověnka) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Old English: Wined — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Persian: اسلاو (eslâv) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Persian: سقلابی (saqlâbi) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Polabian: slüvensťĕ — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Polish: Słowianin — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Polish: Słowianka — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Portuguese: eslavo — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Portuguese: eslava — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Romani: das — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Romanian: slav — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Romanian: slavă — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Russian: славяни́н (slavjanín) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Russian: славя́нка (slavjánka) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Scottish Gaelic: Slàbhach — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Serbo-Croatian: Словен — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Serbo-Croatian: Словенка — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Serbo-Croatian: Славен — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Serbo-Croatian: Славенка — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Serbo-Croatian: Sloven — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Serbo-Croatian: Slovenka — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Serbo-Croatian: Slaven — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Serbo-Croatian: Slavenka — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Slovak: Slovan — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Slovak: Slovanka — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Slovene: Slován — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Slovene: Slovánka — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Spanish: eslavo — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Spanish: eslava — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Swedish: slav — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Tagalog: Eslabo — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Tajik: славян (slavyan) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Thai: ชาวสลาฟ (chaao sà-làaf) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Turkish: Slav — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Turkmen: slawýan — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Ukrainian: слов'яни́н (slovʺjanýn) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Ukrainian: слов'я́нка (slovʺjánka) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Urdu: سلاو (slāv) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Uzbek: slavyan — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Venetan: slavo — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Vietnamese: người Slav — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Welsh: Slaf — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language
• Yakut: ньөһа (ňöha) — a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language