sliver

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈslɪvə/
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• US: /ˈslɪvɚ/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈsləvə/
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• Scotland: /ˈslɪvəɾ/
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• rhymes with -ɪvə(ɹ)
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• homophone: slither (th-fronting)
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• CMU ARPABET: S L IH1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English slivere, sliver from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave, split”), from Old English slīfan (as in tōslīfan (“to split, split up”)).

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: треска (treska) — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Chinese Mandarin: 裂片 (lièpiàn) — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Czech: odštěpek — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Czech: tříska — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Czech: odřezek — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Finnish: säle — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Finnish: tikku — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• French: écharde — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• French: éclat — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Galician: estela — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Galician: acha — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• German: Splitter — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• German: kleiner Teil — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• German: kleines Stück — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• German: Spreißel — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Icelandic: flís — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Icelandic: flaski — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Italian: scheggia — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Italian: frammento — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Italian: scaglia — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Italian: spezzone — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Korean: 조각 (jogak) — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Latgalian: skaida — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Latgalian: ževers — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Latvian: skaida — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Māori: hōripi — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Māori: kōripi — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Plautdietsch: Spekja — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Portuguese: lasca — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Romanian: surcea — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Romanian: așchie — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Russian: ще́пка (ščépka) — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Russian: оско́лок (oskólok) — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Slovak: trieska — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Slovak: štiepka — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Slovene: trska — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Spanish: astilla — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Spanish: tira — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Spanish: esquirla — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Spanish: rebanadita — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Swedish: flisa — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Swedish: speta — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Swedish: sticka — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Tocharian B: ṣat — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Turkish: kıymık — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Turkish: ince dilim — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Zazaki: qırm — long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment
• Bulgarian: вълмо (vǎlmo) — strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state
• Finnish: kuontalo — strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state
• German: Band — strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state
• German: Faserband — strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state
• Turkish: kordon — strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state
• Turkish: şerit — strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state
• French: languette — bait made of pieces of small fish
• Spanish: cebo lengüeta — bait made of pieces of small fish
• Swedish: livagn — bait made of pieces of small fish
• French: tour — New York: narrow high-rise apartment building
• French: gratte-ciel — New York: narrow high-rise apartment building
• Italian: grattacielo — New York: narrow high-rise apartment building
• Russian: дом-точка (dom-točka) — New York: narrow high-rise apartment building
• Spanish: edificio — New York: narrow high-rise apartment building
• Spanish: rascacielos — New York: narrow high-rise apartment building
• Spanish: chin — a small amount
• Spanish: pizca — a small amount