sloth

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• Received-Pronunciation: /sləʊθ/
  Play
• Received-Pronunciation: /slɒθ/
  Play
• UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• General-American: /slɔθ/
  Play
• cot-caught-merger: /slɑθ/
  Play
• New-Zealand: /slɒθ/
  Play
• rhymes with -əʊθ
  Play
• rhymes with -ɒθ
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: S L OW1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

233 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: luiheid — laziness
• Albanian: përtesë — laziness
• Arabic: كَسَل (kasal) — laziness
• Armenian: ծուլություն (culutʻyun) — laziness
• Assamese: এলাহ (elah) — laziness
• Azerbaijani: tənbəllik — laziness
• Basque: nagitasun — laziness
• Belarusian: ляно́та (ljanóta) — laziness
• Bengali: আলস্য (alosśo) — laziness
• Bulgarian: мъ́рзел (mǎ́rzel) — laziness
• Bulgarian: ле́ност (lénost) — laziness
• Bulgarian: лен (len) — laziness
• Burmese: ပျင်းရိခြင်း (pyang:ri.hkrang:) — laziness
• Catalan: accídia — laziness
• Catalan: peresa — laziness
• Catalan: mandra — laziness
• Cebuano: katapol — laziness
• Chichewa: ulesi — laziness
• Chinese Mandarin: 懶惰 /懒惰 (lǎnduò) — laziness
• Czech: lenost — laziness
• Danish: dovenskab — laziness
• Dutch: luiheid — laziness
• Dutch: traagheid — laziness
• Esperanto: pigreco — laziness
• Estonian: laiskus — laziness
• Farefare: akedia (sin of acedia) — laziness
• Faroese: dølskni — laziness
• Faroese: leti — laziness
• Finnish: laiskuus — laziness
• French: paresse — laziness
• Galician: nugalla — laziness
• Galician: preguiza — laziness
• Galician: lacazanería — laziness
• Galician: doca — laziness
• Galician: galbana — laziness
• Georgian: უქნარობა (uknaroba) — laziness
• Georgian: სიზარმაცე (sizarmace) — laziness
• German: Trägheit — laziness
• German: Faulheit — laziness
• German: Müßiggang — laziness
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 (latei) — laziness
• Greek: νωθρότητα (nothrótita) — laziness
• Greek: τεμπελιά (tempeliá) — laziness
• Gujarati: આળસ (āḷsa) — laziness
• Haitian Creole: parès — laziness
• Hausa: lalaci — laziness
• Hausa: ragwanci — laziness
• Hebrew: עצלות (‘atzlút) — laziness
• Hebrew: עצלנות (‘atzlanút) — laziness
• Hindi: आलस्य (ālasya) — laziness
• Hmong Dô: kev ua tub nkeeg — laziness
• Hungarian: lustaság — laziness
• Hungarian: tunyaság — laziness
• Hungarian: restség — laziness
• Hungarian: henyeség — laziness
• Icelandic: leti — laziness
• Icelandic: ómennska — laziness
• Icelandic: dugleysi — laziness
• Icelandic: dáðleysi — laziness
• Ido: ociereso — laziness
• Igbo: arafo — laziness
• Igbo: agara — laziness
• Indonesian: kemalasan — laziness
• Irish: leisce — laziness
• Irish: aimhleisce — laziness
• Irish: búistíocht — laziness
• Italian: pigrizia — laziness
• Italian: accidia — laziness
• Japanese: 怠惰 (taida) — laziness
• Javanese: kesed — laziness
• Kalmyk: удан (udan) — laziness
• Kannada: ಸೋಮಾರಿತನ (sōmāritana) — laziness
• Kazakh: жалқаулық (jalqaulyq) — laziness
• Korean: 게으름 (geeureum) — laziness
• Lao: ຄວາມຂີ້ຄ້ານ (khuām khī khān) — laziness
• Latin: pigritia — laziness
• Latvian: slinkums — laziness
• Lithuanian: tinginystė — laziness
• Macedonian: мрзеливост (mrzelivost) — laziness
• Malagasy: hakamoana — laziness
• Malay: kemalasan — laziness
• Malay: sifat malas — laziness
• Malayalam: മടി (maṭi) — laziness
• Maltese: għażż — laziness
• Māori: māngeretanga — laziness
• Marathi: आळस (āḷas) — laziness
• Mongolian: залхуурал (zalxuural) — laziness
• Nepali: आलस्य (ālasya) — laziness
• Norwegian: latskap — laziness
• Norwegian: lediggang — laziness
• Occitan: pigresa — laziness
• Occitan: peresa — laziness
• Persian: تنبلی (tanbali) — laziness
• Polish: lenistwo — laziness
• Portuguese: preguiça — laziness
• Punjabi: ਆਲਸ (ālas) — laziness
• Romanian: lene — laziness
• Russian: лень (lenʹ) — laziness
• Russian: ле́ность (lénostʹ) — laziness
• Scottish Gaelic: a' corra-leisg — laziness
• Scottish Gaelic: seothaiche — laziness
• Scottish Gaelic: leisge — laziness
• Serbo-Croatian: лењост — laziness
• Serbo-Croatian: лијеност — laziness
• Serbo-Croatian: lenjost — laziness
• Serbo-Croatian: lijenost — laziness
• Sinhalese: කම්මැලිකම නිසා (kammælikama nisā) — laziness
• Slovak: lenivosť — laziness
• Slovene: lenoba — laziness
• Somali: caajisnimo — laziness
• Sotho: botsoa — laziness
• Spanish: pereza — laziness
• Sranan Tongo: lesi — laziness
• Sundanese: hoream — laziness
• Swahili: uvivu — laziness
• Swedish: lättja — laziness
• Swedish: lathet — laziness
• Tagalog: katamaran — laziness
• Tajik: танбалӣ (tanbali) — laziness
• Tamil: சோம்பல் (cōmpal) — laziness
• Telugu: సోమరితనం (sōmaritanaṁ) — laziness
• Thai: ความเกียจคร้าน (kwaam-gìiat-kráan) — laziness
• Tocharian B: ālasäññe — laziness
• Turkish: tembellik — laziness
• Turkish: miskinlik — laziness
• Turkish: uyuşukluk — laziness
• Turkish: meskenet — laziness
• Ottoman Turkish: تنبللك (tembellik) — laziness
• Ottoman Turkish: هایلازلق (haylazlık) — laziness
• Ottoman Turkish: كسل (kesel) — laziness
• Ukrainian: лінь (linʹ) — laziness
• Ukrainian: ле́дарство (lédarstvo) — laziness
• Ukrainian: лі́нощі (línošči) — laziness
• Urdu: آلسی (ālasya) — laziness
• Uzbek: dangasalik — laziness
• Uzbek: ishyoqmaslik — laziness
• Vietnamese: lười — laziness
• Volapük: trög — laziness
• Welsh: diogi — laziness
• Yiddish: פֿוילקײַט (foylkayt) — laziness
• Yoruba: imẹlẹ — laziness
• Zulu: ubuvila — laziness
• Afrikaans: luiaard — mammal
• Afrikaans: luidier — mammal
• Arabic: كَسْلَان (kaslān) — mammal
• Armenian: համրուկ (hamruk) — mammal
• Armenian: համրագնաց (hamragnacʻ) — mammal
• Assamese: শ্লথ (sloth) — mammal
• Azerbaijani: ərincək — mammal
• Basque: nagi — mammal
• Belarusian: ляні́вец (ljanívjec) — mammal
• Bengali: স্লথ (sloth) — mammal
• Bulgarian: лени́вец (lenívec) — mammal
• Burmese: ဆလောက်ကောင် (hca.laukkaung) — mammal
• Catalan: peresós — mammal
• Cherokee: ᎤᏍᎦᏃᎵ ᏲᎾᎢᏳᏍᏗ (usganoli yonaiyusdi) — mammal
• Cherokee: ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏃᎵ ᏲᎾᎢᏳᏍᏗ (unisganoli yonaiyusdi) — mammal
• Chinese Cantonese: 樹懶 /树懒 (syu6 laan5) — mammal
• Chinese Mandarin: 樹懶 /树懒 (shùlǎn) — mammal
• Czech: lenochod — mammal
• Danish: dovendyr — mammal
• Dutch: luiaard — mammal
• Esperanto: bradipo — mammal
• Estonian: laiskloom — mammal
• Farefare: folivora — mammal
• Faroese: letidýr — mammal
• Finnish: laiskiainen — mammal
• French: paresseux — mammal
• French: aï — mammal
• Georgian: ზარმაცა (zarmaca) — mammal
• German: Faultier — mammal
• Greek: βραδύπους (vradýpous) — mammal
• Hebrew: עַצְלָן (atslán) — mammal
• Hindi: स्लॉथ (slŏth) — mammal
• Hungarian: lajhár — mammal
• Icelandic: letidýr — mammal
• Ido: bradipo — mammal
• Indonesian: kukang — mammal
• Indonesian: kungkang — mammal
• Irish: spadán — mammal
• Italian: bradipo — mammal
• Japanese: ナマケモノ (namakemono) — mammal
• Japanese: 樹懶 (namakemono) — mammal
• Kashubian: zgniłozwiérz — mammal
• Kazakh: жалқауаң (jalqauañ) — mammal
• Khmer: កម្ជិល (kɑɑkɑmcɨl) — mammal
• Korean: 나무늘보 (namuneulbo) — mammal
• Kyrgyz: ленивец (lenivets) — mammal
• Latvian: sliņķis — mammal
• Lingala: ebela — mammal
• Lithuanian: tinginys — mammal
• Lokono: hau — mammal
• Macedonian: мрзливец (mrzlivec) — mammal
• Malayalam: സ്ലോത്ത് (slōttŭ) — mammal
• Norwegian Bokmål: dovendyr — mammal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dovendyr — mammal
• Persian: تنبل (tanbal) — mammal
• Polish: leniwiec — mammal
• Portuguese: bicho-preguiça — mammal
• Portuguese: preguiça — mammal
• Portuguese: aí — mammal
• Portuguese: aígue — mammal
• Portuguese: unau — mammal
• Romanian: leneș — mammal
• Russian: лени́вец (lenívec) — mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: лењивац — mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: љењивац — mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: типавац — mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: lenjivac — mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: ljenjivac — mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: tipavac — mammal
• Slovak: leňoch — mammal
• Slovene: lenivec — mammal
• Lower Sorbian: gnilawa — mammal
• Spanish: perezoso — mammal
• Spanish: pereza — mammal
• Spanish: cúcula — mammal
• Spanish: caimansote — mammal
• Spanish: calípedes — mammal
• Spanish: cúcala — mammal
• Sranan Tongo: loiri — mammal
• Swahili: mwendapole — mammal
• Swahili: slothi — mammal
• Swedish: sengångare — mammal
• Teribe: wlimno — mammal
• Thai: สลอธ (sà-lɔ́t) — mammal
• Thai: สโลธ (sà-lôot) — mammal
• Turkish: tembel hayvan — mammal
• Ukrainian: ліни́вець (linývecʹ) — mammal
• Uzbek: lenivets — mammal
• Vietnamese: lười — mammal
• Volapük: bradip — mammal
• Welsh: diogyn — mammal