sleeve

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• Received-Pronunciation: /sliːv/
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• US: /sliv/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -iːv
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From Middle English sleve, slefe, from Old English slīef and slīefe (“sleeve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sleeuwe (“sleeve”), West Frisian slúf, Dutch sloof (“apron”), Low German sluve, dialectal German Schlaube. The Canadian sense of “measure smaller than a pint” is due to a former conflict between federal law and provincial law in British Columbia. According to federal law, a pint must be 20 imperial ounces (~568 ml), but according to provincial law at the time, the maximum individual serving size was 500 ml, so an individual portion could not be called a “pint” in British Columbia, and required a different term. The provincial law has been changed, allowing servings of up to 24 oz (~682 ml), but the term remains in use. The term sleeve itself for a cylindrical glass of beer is also found in the UK and Australia (as sleever), and may be due to stacked glasses resembling a sleeve.

288 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: мыгъра́ (məɣrá) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Abkhaz: амыҕра (aməğra) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Afrikaans: mou — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Albanian: mëngë — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Albanian: mângë (gheg) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Northern Altai: ненъ (nenʺ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Southern Altai: јеҥ (ǰeŋ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Amharic: እጅጌ (ʾəǧge) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Arabic: كُمّ (kumm) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Arabic: رُدْن (rudn) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Arabic: چم (čam) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Iraqi Arabic: رْدان (rdān) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Arabic: كم (kumm) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Archi: хала́цӏи (xalácʼi) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Armenian: թեւք (tʻewkʻ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Aromanian: mãnicã — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Aromanian: mînică — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Asturian: manga — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Avar: къвал (qxwʼal) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Azerbaijani: qol — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Bagvalal: квахил (kwaxil) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Bashkir: ең (yeñ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Basque: mahuka — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Basque: beso — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Bats: ფჰ̡ო (ph̡o) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Belarusian: рука́ў (rukáw) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Bengali: আস্তিন (astin) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Bezhta: йикьа (jiklʼa) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Central Bikol: manggas — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Breton: milgin — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Bulgarian: ръка́в (rǎkáv) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Burmese: အင်္ကျီလက် (angkyilak) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Burmese: လက် (lak) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Burmese: လက်မောင်း (lakmaung:) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Buryat: хамсы (xamsy) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Carpathian Rusyn: рукав (rukav) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Carpathian Rusyn: бикса (byksa) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Catalan: màniga — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Catalan: mànega — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Cebuano: manggas — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Chechen: пхьош (pḥroš) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Chinese Cantonese: 衫袖 (saam1 zau6) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Chinese Cantonese: 袖 (zau6) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Chinese: щюзы (xiuzɨ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Eastern Min Chinese: 手䘼 (chiū-uōng) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Chinese: 手䘼 (zh-min-nan) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Chinese Mandarin: 袖子 (xiùzi) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Chinese Mandarin: 袖筒 (xiùtǒng) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Northern Min Chinese: 手䘼 (siǔ-ǔing) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Wu Chinese: 袖子 (6zhieu-tsy) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Choctaw: shakba — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Chuvash: ҫанӑ (śană) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• West Circassian: ӏэщхьэ (ʼɛśḥɛ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• West Circassian: гъуапэ (ğwapɛ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Ngazidja Comorian: mhono — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Cornish: breghel — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Corsican: manica — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Crimean Tatar: yeñ — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Crimean Tatar: енъ (yeñ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Czech: rukáv — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Danish: ærme — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Danish: muffe — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Dargwa: дулгъа (dulɣa) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Dutch: mouw — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Emilian: màndga — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Erzya: ожа (oža) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Esperanto: maniko — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Estonian: varrukas — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Estonian: käis — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Even: ус (us) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Evenki: уксэ (uksə) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Faroese: erma — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Faroese: ermi — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Fijian: liga-na — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Finnish: hiha — part of a garment that covers the arm
• French: manche — part of a garment that covers the arm
• North Frisian: Äärmel — part of a garment that covers the arm
• West-Frisian: mouwe — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Friulian: manie — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Gagauz: en — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Galician: manga — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Georgian: სახელო (saxelo) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• German: Ärmel — part of a garment that covers the arm
• German: Ärmel — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Godoberi: кваха (gvaxa) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Greek: μανίκι (maníki) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Pontic Greek: μανίκ (maník) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Greenlandic: aaq — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Hawaiian: lima — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Hebrew: שַׁרְוּול (sharvúl) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Hiligaynon: pakô — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Hindi: आस्तीन (āstīn) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Hindi: बाँह (bā̃h) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Hinukh: ре́кьа (réƛ’a) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Hungarian: ujj — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Hungarian: ruhaujj — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Icelandic: ermi — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Ido: maniko — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Ilocano: manggas — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Indonesian: lengan baju — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Ingrian: hia — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Ingush: пхьош (pḥroš) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Interlingua: manica — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Irish: muinchille — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Italian: manica — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Japanese: 袖 (sode) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Japanese: スリーブ (surību) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Karachay-Balkar: дженг (ceñ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Karaim: йин (yin) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Karelian: hiemai — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Kashubian: rãkôw — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Kazakh: жең (jeñ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Khakas: нің (nìñ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Khmer: ដៃ (day) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Komi-Permyak: сос (sos) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Komi-Zyrian: сос (sos) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Korean: 소매 (somae) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Kumyk: енг (yeñ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Northern Kurdish: huçik — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Kyrgyz: жең (jeŋ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Lak: кахха (kax:a) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Lao: ແຂນເສຶ້ອ (khǣn sưa) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Latin: manulea — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Latin: manica — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Latvian: piedurkne — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Lezgi: хел (ꭓel) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Limburgish: mouw — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Lithuanian: rankovė — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Lombard: mànega — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Luxembourgish: Aarm — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Macedonian: ракав (rakav) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Malagasy: tanan'akanjo — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Malay: lengan baju — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Maltese: komma — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Manx: muinneel — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Māori: ringaringa — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Eastern Mari: шокш (šokš) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Western Mari: шокш (šokš) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Megleno-Romanian: mǫnică — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Middle English: sleve — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Mirandese: manga — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Moksha: ожа (oža) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Mongolian: ханцуй (xancuj) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠨᠴᠤᠢ (qančui) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Nanai: хуэксэ (xuėksė) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Neapolitan: maneca — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tundra Nenets: тю (t'u) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Norman: manche — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Norwegian Bokmål: erme — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Norwegian Nynorsk: erm — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Norwegian Nynorsk: erme — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Occitan: marga — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Occitan: manja — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Old English: slīef — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Old Norse: ermr — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Ossetian: дыс (dys) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Pashto: لستوڼی (lastuṇe) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Persian: آستین (âstin) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Piedmontese: mania — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Plautdietsch: Meiw — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Plautdietsch: Schlufsel — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Polish: rękaw — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Portuguese: manga — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Rarotongan: rima — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Romanian: mânecă — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Romansh: mongia — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Romansh: mangia — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Russian: рука́в (rukáv) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Kildin-Sami: суэйй (suejj) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Northern Sami: soadji — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Sanskrit: दोराच्छादन (dorācchādana) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Sanskrit: बाहुवस्त्र (bāhuvastra) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Sardinian: maínga — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Sardinian: mànica — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Sardinian: màniga — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Scots: sleeve — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Scottish Gaelic: muinchill — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Scottish Gaelic: muilcheann — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Scottish Gaelic: muilchdinn — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Scottish Gaelic: muilchill (Strathspey) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Scottish Gaelic: muilchear (Perthshire, Deeside) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Scottish Gaelic: muille (Arran) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: ру̀ка̄в — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: rùkāv — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Shor: ниик (niik) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Sicilian: manica — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Silesian: rynkow — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Sindhi: آستين (āḥtīna) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Sinhalese: පූනුව (pūnuwa) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Sinhalese: විල්ල (willa) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Slovak: rukáv — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Slovene: rokav — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Lower Sorbian: rukaw — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Upper Sorbian: rukaw — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Spanish: manga — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Sundanese: leungeun baju — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Svan: ჴუ̂ენეჟ (qûenež) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Swedish: ärm — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tabasaran: луг (lug) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tagalog: manggas — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tahitian: rima ’ahu — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tajik: остин (ostin) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tatar: җиң (ciñ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tetum: faru-liman — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Thai: แขนเสื้อ (kɛ̌ɛn-sʉ̂ʉa) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Thai: แขน (kɛ̌ɛn) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tibetan: ཕུ་དུང་ — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tibetan: ཕུ་ཐུང་ (phu thung) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tigrinya: እጅገ (ʾəǧgä) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tindi: квах̄ал (kvaxāl) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tindi: квахел (kvaxel) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Tsez: кулъа (kuλa) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Turkish: kol — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Turkish: yen — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Ottoman Turkish: یك (yeñ) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Turkmen: ýeň — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Udmurt: саес (sajes) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Ukrainian: рука́в (rukáv) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Urdu: آستین (āstīn) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Uyghur: يەڭ (yeng) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Uyghur: йәң (yeng) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Uzbek: yeng — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Uzbek: енг (eng) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Venetan: mànega — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Veps: hijam — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Vietnamese: tay áo — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Vilamovian: jemuł — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Volapük: sliv — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Võro: käüss — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Walloon: mantche — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Waray-Waray: manggás — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Welsh: llawes — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Yakut: сиэх (sieq) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Yiddish: אַרבל (arbl) — part of a garment that covers the arm
• Bulgarian: втулка (vtulka) — mechanical covering or lining
• Catalan: funda — mechanical covering or lining
• Chinese Mandarin: 套筒 (tàotǒng) — mechanical covering or lining
• Finnish: kaulus — mechanical covering or lining
• French: chemise — mechanical covering or lining
• French: gaine — mechanical covering or lining
• French: manchon — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Hülse — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Schutzhülle — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Tülle — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Köcher — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Hülle — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Muffe — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Manschette — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Schlauch — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Buchse — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Banderole — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Pinole — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Laufbuchse — mechanical covering or lining
• German: Schutztasche — mechanical covering or lining
• Greek: δακτυλίδι σύνδεσης (daktylídi sýndesis) — mechanical covering or lining
• Greek: συνδετικό χιτώνιο (syndetikó chitónio) — mechanical covering or lining
• Hungarian: hüvely — mechanical covering or lining
• Indonesian: selongsong — mechanical covering or lining
• Italian: manicotto — mechanical covering or lining
• Russian: рука́в (rukáv) — mechanical covering or lining
• Russian: вту́лка (vtúlka) — mechanical covering or lining
• Russian: ги́льза (gílʹza) — mechanical covering or lining
• Russian: стака́н (stakán) — mechanical covering or lining
• Russian: му́фта (múfta) — mechanical covering or lining
• Spanish: funda — mechanical covering or lining
• Bulgarian: калъф (kalǎf) — record cover
• Catalan: coberta — record cover
• Dutch: platenhoes — record cover
• Dutch: hoes — record cover
• French: pochette — record cover
• French: boîtier — record cover
• German: Schallplattenhülle — record cover
• German: Hülle — record cover
• German: Cover — record cover
• Greek: θήκη (thíki) — record cover
• Greek: κάλυμμα (kálymma) — record cover
• Hungarian: borító — record cover
• Italian: contenitore — record cover
• Italian: fodera — record cover
• Polish: koperta — record cover
• Swedish: fodral — record cover
• Catalan: enfundar — to fit and attach a sleeve to an item
• Esperanto: tegi — to fit and attach a sleeve to an item
• German: bekleiden — to fit and attach a sleeve to an item
• German: eintüten — to fit and attach a sleeve to an item
• German: überziehen — to fit and attach a sleeve to an item
• Russian: пришива́ть рука́в (prišivátʹ rukáv) — to fit and attach a sleeve to an item
• Spanish: enfundar — to fit and attach a sleeve to an item