sloe

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• UK: /ˈsləʊ/
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• US: /ˈsloʊ/
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From Middle English slo, sla, sloo, from Old English slā, slāh, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, *slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh3y- (“bluish”). Doublet of Sliwa.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: дзхӏвы (dzḥwə) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Albanian: kullumbri — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Aragonese: arañón — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Armenian: մամուխ (mamux) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Armenian: կոկան (kokan) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Asturian: andrín — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Asturian: prunu — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Azerbaijani: göyəm — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Bashkir: күгэн (kügen) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Breton: irin — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Bulgarian: трънка (trǎnka) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Catalan: aranyó — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Catalan: prunell — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Catalan: prunella — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Chagatai: كوگم (köğem) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Cornish: eyrin — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Czech: trnka — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Dutch: slee — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Dutch: sleepruim — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Esperanto: prunelo — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Finnish: oratuomenmarja — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Finnish: oratuomen marja — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• French: prunelle — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Gagauz: гӱвен — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Gagauz: güven — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Galician: abruño — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Galician: agruño — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Georgian: კვრინჩხი (ḳvrinčxi) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• German: Schlehe — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Ancient Greek: βράβυλον (brábulon) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Hungarian: kökény — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Icelandic: þyrniplóma — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Irish: airne — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Old Irish: áirne — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Italian: prugnola — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Kumyk: гоган (gogan) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Lak: бухъ (buq) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Middle English: slo — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Nogai: көген — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Occitan: aranhon — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Occitan: aragnou — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Occitan: agragnou — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Ossetian: какон (kakon) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Persian: گوجه وحشی (gowje vahši) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Persian: آلوچه (âluče) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Persian: آلوچه جنگلی (âluče jangali) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Plautdietsch: Schlee — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Polish: tarnina — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Polish: tarka — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Polish: ciarka — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Polish: cierniówka — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Portuguese: abrunho — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Romani: mamux — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Russian: тёрн (tjorn) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Russian: терно́вая я́года (ternóvaja jágoda) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Slovene: opȃrnica — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Slovene: trnúlja — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Slovene: trnólja — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Slovene: trnóljica — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Spanish: endrina — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Spanish: arañón — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Swedish: slånbär — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Tatar: күгэн (kügʹen) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Turkish: çakal eriği — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Turkish: güvem — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Turkish: güğem — — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Ottoman Turkish: گوگم (göğem, güğem) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Ottoman Turkish: گووم (gövem, güvem) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Ukrainian: терен (teren) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Ukrainian: тернова ягода (ternova jahoda) — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Welsh: eirin duon — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Welsh: eirin duon bach — fruit of Prunus spinosa
• Finnish: luumu — tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit
• Galician: abruñeiro — tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit
• Galician: agruñeiro — tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit
• Galician: escambroeiro — tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit
• Galician: ameixeira — tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit
• Portuguese: abrunho — tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit
• Portuguese: abrunheiro — tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit
• Spanish: endrino — tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit