adj
Meaning 1
Covered in slaver; slobbery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
slavery
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈslævəɹi/
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/ˈslævɹi/
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/ˈsleɪvəɹi/
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/ˈsleɪvɹi/
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CMU ARPABET: S L EY1 V ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- abolition of slavery
- modern slavery
- slavery system
- Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
- The film portrays the brutality of slavery.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Forced labor in general, regardless of legality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the practice of owning slaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slaveholding
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: practice, pattern
noun
Meaning 7
work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: labor, labour, toil
noun
Meaning 8
the state of being under the control of another person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bondage, thrall, thralldom, thraldom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: subjugation, subjection
Narrower terms: bonded labor, servitude, serfdom, serfhood, vassalage
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 English -er English slaver Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English slavery From slaver + -y.
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 Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English slavery From slave + -ery.
Across languages
Translations
191 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abkhaz: атәра́ (atwʼrá) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Albanian: skllavëri — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Amharic: ባርነት (barnät) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Arabic: عُبُودِيَّة (ʕubūdiyya) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Arabic: رِقّ (riqq) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Armenian: ստրկատիրություն (strkatirutʻyun) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Armenian: ստրկություն (strkutʻyun) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Asturian: esclavitú — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Azerbaijani: quldarlıq — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Belarusian: ра́бства (rábstva) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Bengali: দাসত্ব (daśotto) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Bulgarian: ро́бство (róbstvo) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Catalan: esclavitud — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Catalan: esclavatge — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Chinese Mandarin: 奴隸制度 /奴隶制度 (núlì zhìdù) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Czech: otrokářství — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Danish: slaveri — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Dinka: ɣɔɔc de kɔc — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Dutch: slavernij — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Esperanto: sklaveco — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Estonian: orjandus — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Estonian: orjapidamine — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Estonian: orjus — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Faroese: trældómur — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Finnish: orjuus — institution or practice of owning human beings
- French: esclavage — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Galician: escravitude — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Georgian: მონათმფლობელობა (monatmplobeloba) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- German: Sklaverei — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (skalkinassus) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Greek: δουλεία (douleía) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Ancient Greek: δουλεία (douleía) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Haitian Creole: esklavaj — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Hebrew: עַבדוּת ('avdút) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Hindi: दासप्रथा (dāsaprathā) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Hindi: बंदगी (bandgī) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Hindi: ग़ुलामी (ġulāmī) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Hungarian: rabszolgaság — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Icelandic: þrælahald — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Ingrian: orjus — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Italian: schiavismo — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Japanese: 奴隷制度 (dorei seido) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Kazakh: құлдық (qūldyq) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Korean: 노예 제도 (noye jedo) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Korean: 노례 제도 (norye jedo) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Northern Kurdish: xulamî — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Kyrgyz: кулчулук (kulculuk) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Lao: ລະບອບຂ້າທາດ (la bǭp khā thāt) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Latin: servitūdō — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Latvian: verdzība — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Lithuanian: vergovė — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Macedonian: ропство (ropstvo) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Malay: perhambaan — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Middle English: thraldom — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Mongolian: боолчлол (boolčlol) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Norwegian Bokmål: slaveri — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Old English: þēowet — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Oromo: garbummaa — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Pashto: بردګي (bardagi) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Pashto: بندګي (bandagi) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Pashto: غلامي (ǧolāmi) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Persian: بردهداری (barde-dâri) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Persian: غلامداری (ġolâm-dâri) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Persian: بردگی (bardegi) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Persian: غلامی (ġolâmi) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Plautdietsch: Sklowarie — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Polish: niewolnictwo — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Portuguese: escravidão — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Portuguese: escravatura — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Romanian: sclavie — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Romanian: robie — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Russian: ра́бство (rábstvo) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Russian: нево́ля (nevólja) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Serbo-Croatian: ро̀пство — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Serbo-Croatian: ròpstvo — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Slovak: otrokárstvo — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Slovene: suženjstvo — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Southern Altai: кулдук (kulduk) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Spanish: esclavitud — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Sranan Tongo: katibo — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Swahili: utumwa — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Swedish: slaveri — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Tagalog: pagkaalipin — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Tajik: ғуломдорӣ (ġulomdori) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Tajik: ғуломӣ (ġulomi) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Tamil: அடிமை முறை (aṭimai muṟai) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Tatar: коллык (qollıq) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Telugu: దాస్యము (dāsyamu) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Telugu: దాసితనము (dāsitanamu) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Thai: ความเป็นทาส (kwaam-bpen-tâat) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Tibetan: བཀོལ་སྤྱོད (bkol spyod) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Tibetan: བཀོལ་གཅོད (bkol gcod) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Tocharian B: mañiññe — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Turkish: kölelik — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Ottoman Turkish: اسیرلك (esirlik) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Ukrainian: ра́бство (rábstvo) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Urdu: غلامی (ġulāmī) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Uyghur: قۇللۇق (qulluq) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Uzbek: qullik — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Uzbek: quldorlik — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Vietnamese: chế độ nô lệ — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Volapük: slaf — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Yiddish: שקלאַפֿערײַ (shklaferay) — institution or practice of owning human beings
- Amharic: ባርነት (barnät) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Armenian: ստրկություն (strkutʻyun) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Belarusian: ра́бства (rábstva) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Bengali: দাসত্ব (daśotto) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Bulgarian: ро́бство (róbstvo) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Catalan: esclavatge — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Czech: otroctví — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Danish: slaveri — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Dutch: slavernij — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Esperanto: sklaveco — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Estonian: orjus — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Finnish: orjuus — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- French: esclavage — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Georgian: მონობა (monoba) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- German: Sklaverei — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Greek: δουλεία (douleía) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Ancient Greek: ἀνδραποδωδία (andrapodōdía) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Haitian Creole: esklavaj — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Icelandic: þrælahald — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Ingrian: orjus — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Irish: sclábhaíocht — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Italian: schiavitù — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Kannada: ಗುಲಾಮಗಿರಿ (gulāmagiri) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Central Kurdish: بەندەگی (bendegî) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Latin: servitium — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Latin: servitus — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Latvian: verdzība — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Malayalam: അടിമത്തം (aṭimattaṁ) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Māori: ponongatanga — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Middle English: thraldom — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Old English: þēowet — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Polish: niewola — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Portuguese: escravidão — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Punjabi: ਗ਼ੁਲਾਮੀ (ġulāmī) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Punjabi: ਦਾਸਤਾ (dāstā) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Romanian: sclavie — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Russian: ра́бство (rábstvo) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Scottish Gaelic: òglachas — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Serbo-Croatian: ро̀пство — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Serbo-Croatian: ròpstvo — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Sindhi: غلامي (ġlāme) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Sinhalese: වහල්භාවය (wahalbhāwaya) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Slovak: otrokárstvo — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Slovene: suženjstvo — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Spanish: esclavitud — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Sranan Tongo: katibo — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Swahili: utumwa — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Swedish: slaveri — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Tagalog: pagkaalipin — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Tamil: அடிமை முறை (aṭimai muṟai) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Telugu: బానిసత్వము (bānisatvamu) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Thai: ความเป็นทาส (kwaam-bpen-tâat) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Tocharian B: mañiññe — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Ottoman Turkish: اسیرلك (esirlik) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Ukrainian: ра́бство (rábstvo) — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Volapük: slaf — condition of servitude endured by a slave
- Armenian: ստրկություն (strkutʻyun) — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Azerbaijani: əsarət — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Bengali: দাসত্ব (daśotto) — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Catalan: esclavitud — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Czech: otroctví — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Danish: slaveri — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Estonian: orjus — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Finnish: orjuus — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- French: esclavage — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Georgian: მონობა (monoba) — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- German: Sklaverei — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Greek: δουλεία (douleía) — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Ingrian: orjus — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Latvian: verdzība — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Middle English: thraldom — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Old English: þēowet — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Polish: niewola — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Portuguese: escravidão — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Romanian: sclavie — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Russian: ра́бство (rábstvo) — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Russian: нево́ля (nevólja) — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Slovene: suženjstvo — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Spanish: esclavitud — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Sranan Tongo: katibo — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Swedish: slaveri — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Tagalog: pagkaalipin — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Telugu: బానిసత్వం (bānisatvaṁ) — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Ottoman Turkish: اسیرلك (esirlik) — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
- Volapük: slaf — condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
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