Phrase guide

slave trade

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Traffic in slaves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slave traffic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: traffic

History

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: tràfic negrer — traffic in slaves
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奴隸貿易 /奴隶贸易 (núlì màoyì) — traffic in slaves
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奴隸販賣 /奴隶贩卖 (núlì fànmài) — traffic in slaves
  • Danish: slavehandel — traffic in slaves
  • Dutch: slavenhandel — traffic in slaves
  • Finnish: orjakauppa — traffic in slaves
  • French: commerce des esclaves — traffic in slaves
  • French: traite négrière — traffic in slaves
  • Galician: trata de escravos — traffic in slaves
  • German: Sklavenhandel — traffic in slaves
  • Greek: δουλεμπόριο (doulempório) — traffic in slaves
  • Haitian Creole: komès esklav — traffic in slaves
  • Hindi: दास व्यापार (dās vyāpār) — traffic in slaves
  • Hungarian: rabszolga-kereskedelem — traffic in slaves
  • Japanese: 人身売買 (jinshin baibai) — traffic in slaves
  • Kazakh: құл саудасы (qūl saudasy) — traffic in slaves
  • Korean: 노예 무역 (noye muyeok) — traffic in slaves
  • Manx: cochionneeaght sleab — traffic in slaves
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slavehandel — traffic in slaves
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slavehandel — traffic in slaves
  • Polish: handel niewolnikami — traffic in slaves
  • Russian: работорго́вля (rabotorgóvlja) — traffic in slaves
  • Russian: торго́вля раба́ми (torgóvlja rabámi) — traffic in slaves
  • Spanish: trata de esclavos — traffic in slaves
  • Swahili: biashara ya watumwa — traffic in slaves
  • Swedish: slavhandel — traffic in slaves
  • Ukrainian: работоргі́вля (rabotorhívlja) — traffic in slaves
  • Ukrainian: торгі́вля раба́ми (torhívlja rabámy) — traffic in slaves