Standard Lemma guide

slave

name · noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • slāv
  • /sleɪv/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪv
  • CMU ARPABET: S L EY1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Alternative form of Slavey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Synonym of Sclavia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sclavia

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An abject person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wretch

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

One who has no power of resistance to something, one who surrenders to or is under the domination of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thrall

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who consensually submits to, sexually or personally, serving one or more masters or mistresses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sub

8

noun

Meaning 8

A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arts, computing, engineering, hobbies, lifestyle, mathematics, natural-sciences, photography, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: secondary, worker

Antonyms: master, primary

10

noun

Meaning 10

Alternative form of Slavey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Obsolete form of Slav.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To work as a slaver, to enslave people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To work hard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • I was slaving all day over a hot stove.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To place a device under the control of another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to slave a hard disk

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

a person who is owned by someone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: bondman, bondsman, bondwoman, bondswoman, bondmaid, bond servant, creature, tool, puppet, galley slave, Scott, Dred Scott, Turner, Nat Turner, Vesey, Denmark Vesey

16

noun

Meaning 16

someone who works as hard as a slave

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: striver, hard worker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: worker

17

noun

Meaning 17

someone entirely dominated by some influence or person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a slave to fashion
  • a slave to cocaine
  • his mother was his abject slave

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

18

verb

Meaning 18

work very hard, like a slave

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: work, do work

History

Etymology

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. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave Inherited from Middle English sclave, from Old French sclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“Slav”), traditionally assumed to be because Slavs were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages. The Latin word is from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry and Slav for more. Displaced native Old English þēow. Thrall and bondsman/bondswoman, however, remain common synonyms. Doublet of ciao and Slav. An alternative hypothesis derives sclavus from Ancient Greek σκῡλεύω (skūleúō), σκῡλάω (skūláō, “to strip or despoil a slain enemy”).

Across languages

Translations

446 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: slaaf — person owned by another
  • Aghwan: 𐕎𐔰𐔼𐔽𐕒𐕡 (naiˁu) — person owned by another
  • Ahom: 𑜁𑜠 (kha) — person owned by another
  • Akkadian: 𒀴 (/⁠wardum⁠/) — person owned by another
  • Albanian: shkarth — person owned by another
  • Albanian: skllav — person owned by another
  • Albanian: skllave — person owned by another
  • Southern Altai: кул (kul) — person owned by another
  • Amharic: ባርያ (barya) — person owned by another
  • Arabic: عَبْد (ʕabd) — person owned by another
  • Arabic: أَمَة (ʔama) — person owned by another
  • Chadian Arabic: عبد (ʔabid) — person owned by another
  • Aramaic: ܥܒܕܐ (ʿaḇdā) — person owned by another
  • Aramaic: ܐܡܬܐ (ʾamməṯā) — person owned by another
  • Armenian: ստրուկ (struk) — person owned by another
  • Aromanian: sclav — person owned by another
  • Aromanian: rob — person owned by another
  • Assamese: দাস (dax) — person owned by another
  • Asturian: esclavu — person owned by another
  • Avar: лагъ (lağ) — person owned by another
  • Azerbaijani: qul — person owned by another
  • Azerbaijani: kölə — person owned by another
  • Bashkir: ҡол (qol) — person owned by another
  • Belarusian: раб (rab) — person owned by another
  • Belarusian: рабы́ня (rabýnja) — person owned by another
  • Belarusian: няво́льнiк (njavólʹnik) — person owned by another
  • Belarusian: няво́льнiца (njavólʹnica) — person owned by another
  • Bengali: দাস (daś) — person owned by another
  • Bengali: গোলাম (gōlam) — person owned by another
  • Bengali: বান্দা (banda) — person owned by another
  • Central Bikol: uripon — person owned by another
  • Breton: sklav — person owned by another
  • Bulgarian: роб (rob) — person owned by another
  • Bulgarian: роби́ня (robínja) — person owned by another
  • Bulgarian: нево́лник (nevólnik) — person owned by another
  • Bulgarian: нево́лница (nevólnica) — person owned by another
  • Burmese: ကျွန် (kywan) — person owned by another
  • Burmese: ကျွန်မ (kywanma.) — person owned by another
  • Catalan: esclau — person owned by another
  • Catalan: esclava — person owned by another
  • Cebuano: ulipon — person owned by another
  • Chechen: лай (laj) — person owned by another
  • Chickasaw: hattak yoka' — person owned by another
  • Chinese Cantonese: 奴隸 /奴隶 (nou4 dai6) — person owned by another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奴隸 /奴隶 (núlì) — person owned by another
  • Chuvash: чура (čura) — person owned by another
  • Crimean Tatar: qul — person owned by another
  • Czech: otrok — person owned by another
  • Czech: otrokyně — person owned by another
  • Czech: rob — person owned by another
  • Danish: slave — person owned by another
  • Danish: slavinde — person owned by another
  • Danish: træl — person owned by another
  • Danish: trælkone — person owned by another
  • Dolgan: кулут (kulut) — person owned by another
  • Dutch: slaaf — person owned by another
  • Dutch: slavin — person owned by another
  • Dutch: tot slaaf gemaakte — person owned by another
  • Esperanto: sklavo — person owned by another
  • Esperanto: virsklavo — person owned by another
  • Esperanto: sklaviĉo — person owned by another
  • Esperanto: sklavino — person owned by another
  • Estonian: ori — person owned by another
  • Faroese: trælur — person owned by another
  • Faroese: trælkona — person owned by another
  • Faroese: trællur — person owned by another
  • Finnish: orja — person owned by another
  • French: esclave — person owned by another
  • French: serf — person owned by another
  • French: serve — person owned by another
  • Friulian: sclâf — person owned by another
  • Friulian: sclâv — person owned by another
  • Galician: escravo — person owned by another
  • Galician: escrava — person owned by another
  • Georgian: მონა (mona) — person owned by another
  • German: Sklave — person owned by another
  • German: Sklavin — person owned by another
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks) — person owned by another
  • Greek: δούλος (doúlos) — person owned by another
  • Greek: δούλα (doúla) — person owned by another
  • Greek: δούλη (doúli) — person owned by another
  • Greek: σκλάβος (sklávos) — person owned by another
  • Greek: σκλάβα (skláva) — person owned by another
  • Ancient Greek: δοῦλος (doûlos) — person owned by another
  • Ancient Greek: δούλη (doúlē) — person owned by another
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνδράποδον (andrápodon) — person owned by another
  • Ancient Greek: Κιλλύριοι (Killúrioi) — person owned by another
  • Greenlandic: inussiaq — person owned by another
  • Haitian Creole: esklav — person owned by another
  • Hanunoo: alipin — person owned by another
  • Hanunoo: uripon — person owned by another
  • Hausa: bawa — person owned by another
  • Hausa: baiwa — person owned by another
  • Hebrew: עֶבֶד (éved) — person owned by another
  • Hebrew: אָמָה (amá) — person owned by another
  • Hebrew: שִׁפְחָה (shifkhá) — person owned by another
  • Higaonon: ulipon — person owned by another
  • Hindi: दास (dās) — person owned by another
  • Hindi: ग़ुलाम (ġulām) — person owned by another
  • Hindi: दासी (dāsī) — person owned by another
  • Hungarian: rabszolga — person owned by another
  • Icelandic: þræll — person owned by another
  • Ido: sklavo — person owned by another
  • Ido: sklavulo — person owned by another
  • Ido: sklavino — person owned by another
  • Indonesian: hamba — person owned by another
  • Indonesian: budak — person owned by another
  • Ingrian: orjalain — person owned by another
  • Ingush: лай (laj) — person owned by another
  • Irish: sclábhaí — person owned by another
  • Old Irish: mug — person owned by another
  • Italian: schiavo — person owned by another
  • Italian: schiava — person owned by another
  • Japanese: 奴隷 (dorei) — person owned by another
  • Kalmyk: мухла (muxla) — person owned by another
  • Kalmyk: бөгл (bögl) — person owned by another
  • Kannada: ಗುಲಾಮ (gulāma) — person owned by another
  • Kapampangan: alipan — person owned by another
  • Kapampangan: ipus — person owned by another
  • Karachay-Balkar: къул (qul) — person owned by another
  • Kazakh: құл (qūl) — person owned by another
  • Khakas: хул (xul) — person owned by another
  • Khmer: កញ្ជះ (kɑɑñcĕəh) — person owned by another
  • Khmer: ខ្ញុំ (khñom) — person owned by another
  • Khmer: កុដធារិកា (kotthiərikaa) — person owned by another
  • Khmer: អសេរី (ʼaʼseirəy) — person owned by another
  • Khmer: អសេរិនី (ʼaʼseirenii) — person owned by another
  • Khmer: បរាធីន (paʼraathiin) — person owned by another
  • Korean: 노예 (noye) — person owned by another
  • Korean: 노례 (norye) — person owned by another
  • Kumyk: къул (qul) — person owned by another
  • Kyrgyz: кул (kul) — person owned by another
  • Lao: ຂ້າ (khā) — person owned by another
  • Latgalian: viergs — person owned by another
  • Latin: servus — person owned by another
  • Latin: serva — person owned by another
  • Latin: sclavus — person owned by another
  • Latin: sclava — person owned by another
  • Latin: ancilla — person owned by another
  • Latvian: vergs — person owned by another
  • Latvian: verdzene — person owned by another
  • Lingala: moúmbu — person owned by another
  • Lithuanian: vérgas — person owned by another
  • Macedonian: роб (rob) — person owned by another
  • Macedonian: робинка (robinka) — person owned by another
  • Maguindanao: ulipen — person owned by another
  • Malagasy: andevo — person owned by another
  • Malay: hamba — person owned by another
  • Malayalam: അടിമ (aṭima) — person owned by another
  • Maltese: lsir — person owned by another
  • Maltese: skjav — person owned by another
  • Manchu: ᠠᡥᠠ (aha) — person owned by another
  • Manx: sleab — person owned by another
  • Māori: mōkai taurekareka — person owned by another
  • Māori: kahunga — person owned by another
  • Māori: mōkai — person owned by another
  • Māori: pāihi — person owned by another
  • Māori: tia — person owned by another
  • Māori: poroteke — person owned by another
  • Māori: apa — person owned by another
  • Māori: kakanga — person owned by another
  • Maranao: oripen — person owned by another
  • Eastern Mari: кул (kul) — person owned by another
  • Middle English: sclave — person owned by another
  • Middle English: thral — person owned by another
  • Mongolian: боол (bool) — person owned by another
  • Mwani: muja — person owned by another
  • Navajo: naalté — person owned by another
  • Nepali: दास (dās) — person owned by another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slave — person owned by another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slavinne — person owned by another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trell — person owned by another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trellkvinne — person owned by another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trælkvinne — person owned by another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slave — person owned by another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slavinne — person owned by another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: træl — person owned by another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trælkvinne — person owned by another
  • Occitan: esclau — person owned by another
  • Church Slavic: рабъ (rabŭ) — person owned by another
  • Church Slavic: робъ (robŭ) — person owned by another
  • Old East Slavic: рабъ (rabŭ) — person owned by another
  • Old East Slavic: робъ (robŭ) — person owned by another
  • Old English: þēow — person owned by another
  • Old English: þēo — person owned by another
  • Old Norse: þræll — person owned by another
  • Oromo: garba — person owned by another
  • Pannonian Rusyn: раб (rab) — person owned by another
  • Pannonian Rusyn: раба (raba) — person owned by another
  • Pashto: غلام (ǧolām) — person owned by another
  • Iranian Persian: بَرْدِه (barde) — person owned by another
  • Iranian Persian: غُلام (ġolâm) — person owned by another
  • Iranian Persian: بَنْدِه (bande) — person owned by another
  • Iranian Persian: عَبْد (abd) — person owned by another
  • Plautdietsch: Sklow — person owned by another
  • Polish: niewolnik — person owned by another
  • Polish: niewolnica — person owned by another
  • Polish: rab — person owned by another
  • Portuguese: escravo — person owned by another
  • Portuguese: escrava — person owned by another
  • Punjabi: ਗੁਲਾਮ (gulām) — person owned by another
  • Romani: dul — person owned by another
  • Romani: dula — person owned by another
  • Romani: dulin — person owned by another
  • Romani: dulinǎ — person owned by another
  • Romanian: sclav — person owned by another
  • Romanian: rob — person owned by another
  • Romanian: serv — person owned by another
  • Romanian: șerb — person owned by another
  • Russian: раб (rab) — person owned by another
  • Russian: рабы́ня (rabýnja) — person owned by another
  • Russian: раба́ (rabá) — person owned by another
  • Russian: нево́льник (nevólʹnik) — person owned by another
  • Russian: нево́льница (nevólʹnica) — person owned by another
  • Saanich: sqíeŧ — person owned by another
  • Sanskrit: दास (dāsa) — person owned by another
  • Sardinian: isciabu — person owned by another
  • Sardinian: isciau — person owned by another
  • Sardinian: isclavu — person owned by another
  • Sardinian: iscrau — person owned by another
  • Sardinian: iscravu — person owned by another
  • Sardinian: sciau — person owned by another
  • Scottish Gaelic: tràill — person owned by another
  • Serbo-Croatian: ро̏б — person owned by another
  • Serbo-Croatian: ро̀биња — person owned by another
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȍb — person owned by another
  • Serbo-Croatian: ròbinja — person owned by another
  • Shan: ၶႃႈ (khāa) — person owned by another
  • Shor: қул (qul) — person owned by another
  • Sicilian: schiavu — person owned by another
  • Sinhalese: දාසයා (dāsayā) — person owned by another
  • Slovak: otrok — person owned by another
  • Slovak: otrokyňa — person owned by another
  • Slovene: suženj — person owned by another
  • Slovene: sužnja — person owned by another
  • Spanish: esclavo — person owned by another
  • Spanish: esclava — person owned by another
  • Sranan Tongo: srafu — person owned by another
  • Sumerian: 𒀴 (ARAD) — person owned by another
  • Sumerian: 𒀵 (ÁRAD) — person owned by another
  • Swahili: mtumwa — person owned by another
  • Swedish: slav — person owned by another
  • Swedish: slavinna — person owned by another
  • Swedish: träl — person owned by another
  • Tagalog: alipin — person owned by another
  • Tagalog: busabos — person owned by another
  • Tajik: банда (banda) — person owned by another
  • Tajik: ғулом (ġulom) — person owned by another
  • Tajik: абд (abd) — person owned by another
  • Tajik: асир (asir) — person owned by another
  • Tajik: барда (barda) — person owned by another
  • Tamil: அடிமை (aṭimai) — person owned by another
  • Tarifit: ismeɣ — person owned by another
  • Tarifit: tayya — person owned by another
  • Tatar: кол (qol) — person owned by another
  • Telugu: దాసుడు (dāsuḍu) — person owned by another
  • Telugu: బానిస (bānisa) — person owned by another
  • Thai: ทาส (tâat) — person owned by another
  • Thai: ข้า (kâa) — person owned by another
  • Tibetan: བྲན་གཡོག — person owned by another
  • Tocharian B: mañiye — person owned by another
  • Tocharian B: mañiya — person owned by another
  • Tocharian B: käryau — person owned by another
  • Turkish: köle — person owned by another
  • Turkish: kul — person owned by another
  • Turkish: esir — person owned by another
  • Turkish: tutsak — person owned by another
  • Turkish: karavaş — person owned by another
  • Ottoman Turkish: اسیر (esir) — person owned by another
  • Turkmen: gul — person owned by another
  • Udi: неъиъшӏ (ne̱i̱š:) — person owned by another
  • Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎁𐎄 (ʿbd) — person owned by another
  • Ukrainian: раб (rab) — person owned by another
  • Ukrainian: раби́ня (rabýnja) — person owned by another
  • Ukrainian: неві́льник (nevílʹnyk) — person owned by another
  • Ukrainian: неві́льниця (nevílʹnycja) — person owned by another
  • Umbundu: upika — person owned by another
  • Urdu: غُلام (ġulām) — person owned by another
  • Urdu: عَبْد ('abd) — person owned by another
  • Urdu: داس (dās) — person owned by another
  • Urdu: داسی (dāsī) — person owned by another
  • Urdu: بَنْدَہ (banda) — person owned by another
  • Uyghur: قۇل (qul) — person owned by another
  • Uzbek: qul — person owned by another
  • Uzbek: banda — person owned by another
  • Uzbek: asir — person owned by another
  • Venetan: sciavo — person owned by another
  • Venetan: sciava — person owned by another
  • Vietnamese: nô lệ — person owned by another
  • Volapük: slafan — person owned by another
  • Volapük: hislafan — person owned by another
  • Volapük: jislafan — person owned by another
  • Welsh: slaf — person owned by another
  • Welsh: caethwas — person owned by another
  • Yakut: кулут (kulut) — person owned by another
  • Yiddish: שקלאַף (shklaf) — person owned by another
  • Yiddish: קנעכט (knekht) — person owned by another
  • Yoruba: ẹrú — person owned by another
  • Zhuang: hoiq — person owned by another
  • Armenian: ստրուկ (struk) — person forced to work for another
  • Bulgarian: роб (rob) — person forced to work for another
  • Catalan: esclau — person forced to work for another
  • Catalan: esclava — person forced to work for another
  • Chickasaw: hattak yoka' — person forced to work for another
  • Chinese Cantonese: 奴隸 /奴隶 (nou4 dai6) — person forced to work for another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奴隸 /奴隶 (núlì) — person forced to work for another
  • Crimean Tatar: qul — person forced to work for another
  • Czech: nevolník — person forced to work for another
  • Czech: nevolníce — person forced to work for another
  • Danish: slave — person forced to work for another
  • Esperanto: sklavo — person forced to work for another
  • Esperanto: virsklavo — person forced to work for another
  • Esperanto: sklaviĉo — person forced to work for another
  • Esperanto: sklavino — person forced to work for another
  • Finnish: orja — person forced to work for another
  • French: esclave — person forced to work for another
  • Galician: escravo — person forced to work for another
  • Galician: escrava — person forced to work for another
  • German: Sklave — person forced to work for another
  • German: Sklavin — person forced to work for another
  • Greek: δούλος (doúlos) — person forced to work for another
  • Ancient Greek: δούλος (doúlos) — person forced to work for another
  • Indonesian: budak — person forced to work for another
  • Indonesian: hamba — person forced to work for another
  • Indonesian: pesuruh — person forced to work for another
  • Irish: sclábhaí — person forced to work for another
  • Old Irish: mug — person forced to work for another
  • Italian: schiavo — person forced to work for another
  • Japanese: 奴隷 (dorei) — person forced to work for another
  • Kannada: ಗುಲಾಮ (gulāma) — person forced to work for another
  • Korean: 노예 (noye) — person forced to work for another
  • Korean: 노례 (norye) — person forced to work for another
  • Latvian: vergs — person forced to work for another
  • Middle English: sclave — person forced to work for another
  • Persian: برده (barde) — person forced to work for another
  • Persian: غلام (ġolâm) — person forced to work for another
  • Persian: بنده (bande) — person forced to work for another
  • Polish: niewolnik — person forced to work for another
  • Polish: niewolnica — person forced to work for another
  • Portuguese: escravo — person forced to work for another
  • Portuguese: escrava — person forced to work for another
  • Romani: dul — person forced to work for another
  • Romani: dula — person forced to work for another
  • Russian: раб (rab) — person forced to work for another
  • Russian: рабы́ня (rabýnja) — person forced to work for another
  • Russian: раба́ (rabá) — person forced to work for another
  • Russian: нево́льник (nevólʹnik) — person forced to work for another
  • Russian: нево́льница (nevólʹnica) — person forced to work for another
  • Scottish Gaelic: tràill — person forced to work for another
  • Slovene: suženj — person forced to work for another
  • Slovene: sužnja — person forced to work for another
  • Spanish: esclavo — person forced to work for another
  • Swahili: mtumwa — person forced to work for another
  • Swedish: slav — person forced to work for another
  • Swedish: slavinna — person forced to work for another
  • Tamil: அடிமை (aṭimai) — person forced to work for another
  • Ottoman Turkish: اسیر (esir) — person forced to work for another
  • Volapük: slafan — person forced to work for another
  • Volapük: hislafan — person forced to work for another
  • Volapük: jislafan — person forced to work for another
  • Yoruba: ẹrú — person forced to work for another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奴隸 /奴隶 (núlì) — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Danish: slave — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Esperanto: sklavo — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Esperanto: virsklavo — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Esperanto: sklaviĉo — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Esperanto: sklavino — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Finnish: orja — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • French: esclave — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • German: Sklave — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • German: Sklavin — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Hebrew: עבד — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Portuguese: escravo — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Portuguese: escrava — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Spanish: esclavo — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Spanish: esclava — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Swedish: slav — submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving
  • Chinese Cantonese: 奴隸 /奴隶 (nou4 dai6) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奴隸 /奴隶 (núlì) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Galician: escravo — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Galician: escrava — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • German: Sexsklave — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • German: Sexsklavin — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Greek: σκλάβος (sklávos) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Greek: σκλάβα (skláva) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Japanese: 奴隷 (dorei) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Korean: 노예 (noye) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Korean: 노례 (norye) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Latvian: vergs — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sexslave — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sexslavinne — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Norwegian Bokmål: seksualslave — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sexslave — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sexslavinne — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seksualslave — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Persian: غلام (ġolâm) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Persian: کنیز (kaniz) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Polish: niewolnik — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Polish: niewolnica — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Portuguese: escravo — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Portuguese: escrava — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Russian: раб (rab) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Russian: рабы́ня (rabýnja) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Russian: раба́ (rabá) — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Scottish Gaelic: tràill — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Slovene: suženj — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Slovene: sužnja — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Swedish: slav — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Swedish: slavinna — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Swedish: sexslav — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Swedish: sexslavinna — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Turkish: ikbal — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Turkish: cariye — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Turkish: odalık — person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave
  • Danish: slave — device that is controlled by another device
  • Esperanto: sklavo — device that is controlled by another device
  • Finnish: orja — device that is controlled by another device
  • Galician: escravo — device that is controlled by another device
  • German: Slave — device that is controlled by another device
  • German: Folgegerät — device that is controlled by another device
  • Greek: δευτερεύων (defterévon) — device that is controlled by another device
  • Greek: υποσυσκευή (yposyskeví) — device that is controlled by another device
  • Japanese: スレーブ (surēbu) — device that is controlled by another device
  • Portuguese: escravo — device that is controlled by another device
  • Russian: ведо́мый (vedómyj) — device that is controlled by another device
  • Russian: ведо́мое устро́йство (vedómoje ustrójstvo) — device that is controlled by another device
  • Swedish: slav — device that is controlled by another device
  • Swedish: slavinna — device that is controlled by another device
  • Bulgarian: робувам (robuvam) — work hard
  • Czech: otročit — work hard
  • Danish: slave — work hard
  • Finnish: raataa — work hard
  • Icelandic: þræla — work hard
  • Icelandic: púla — work hard
  • Italian: sgobbare — work hard
  • Latvian: vergot — work hard
  • Macedonian: робува (robuva) — work hard
  • Māori: whakarīrā — work hard
  • Portuguese: mourejar — work hard
  • Portuguese: escravo — work hard
  • Serbo-Croatian: робо̀вати — work hard
  • Serbo-Croatian: robòvati — work hard
  • Swedish: slava — work hard
  • Swedish: träla — work hard
  • Tagalog: magpaalipin — work hard
  • Tamil: உழை (uḻai) — work hard
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