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• UK: /sləʊ/
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• Northumbria: /slaː/
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• US: /sloʊ/
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• homophone: sloe
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• CMU ARPABET: S L OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English slaw, slow, from Old English slāw (“lazy; inert, slow”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt; dull; exhausted, faint, sluggish, weak, weary; listless, torpid; dim-witted, slow; lazy, slack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sleyH-u- (“bad”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch slee, sleeuw (“cramped, stiff; blunt; sour”), Danish sløv (“blunt; dull; apathetic, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid; drowsy”), Icelandic sljór (“dim-witted; blunt; jaded”), Norwegian Nynorsk sljo, slø, sløv (“blunt; weak; lazy”), Swedish slö (“dull; lazy, lethargic, slow, sluggish”).

335 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: stadig — not quick in motion
• Albanian: i ngadalshëm — not quick in motion
• Gheg Albanian: kadal — not quick in motion
• Southern Altai: акырын (akïrïn) — not quick in motion
• Southern Altai: аккырын (akkïrïn) — not quick in motion
• Arabic: بَطِيء (baṭīʔ) — not quick in motion
• Aragonese: lento — not quick in motion
• Armenian: դանդաղ (dandaġ) — not quick in motion
• Assamese: লেহেম (lehem) — not quick in motion
• Assamese: লেহেমীয়া (lehemia) — not quick in motion
• Asturian: lentu — not quick in motion
• Avar: хӏинцаб (ḥrincab) — not quick in motion
• Azerbaijani: yavaş — not quick in motion
• Azerbaijani: asta — not quick in motion
• Bashkir: яй (yay) — not quick in motion
• Basque: geldi — not quick in motion
• Belarusian: паво́льны (pavólʹny) — not quick in motion
• Bhojpuri: धीमा (dhīmā) — not quick in motion
• Central Bikol: maluhay — not quick in motion
• Bulgarian: ба́вен (báven) — not quick in motion
• Burmese: နှေး (hne:) — not quick in motion
• Catalan: lent — not quick in motion
• Cebuano: hinay — not quick in motion
• Chamicuro: yakameleste — not quick in motion
• Cherokee: ᎤᏍᎦᏃᎵ (usganoli) — not quick in motion
• Chinese Cantonese: 慢 (maan6) — not quick in motion
• Chinese Mandarin: 慢 (màn) — not quick in motion
• Cornish: lent — not quick in motion
• Cornish: syger — not quick in motion
• Czech: pomalý — not quick in motion
• Dalmatian: tierč — not quick in motion
• Danish: langsom — not quick in motion
• Deccani: ہلو — not quick in motion
• Dutch: traag — not quick in motion
• Dutch: langzaam — not quick in motion
• Dutch: sloom — not quick in motion
• Elfdalian: makklin — not quick in motion
• Esperanto: malrapida — not quick in motion
• Estonian: aeglane — not quick in motion
• Faroese: seinur — not quick in motion
• Faroese: pjakutur — not quick in motion
• Faroese: pjákutur — not quick in motion
• Faroese: seinførur — not quick in motion
• Faroese: høsnutur — not quick in motion
• Faroese: døllutur — not quick in motion
• Faroese: seinpjakutur — not quick in motion
• Faroese: putlutur — not quick in motion
• Faroese: drúgvur — not quick in motion
• Faroese: ótíttur — not quick in motion
• Finnish: hidas — not quick in motion
• French: lent — not quick in motion
• French: lente — not quick in motion
• Friulian: lent — not quick in motion
• Georgian: ნელი (neli) — not quick in motion
• German: langsam — not quick in motion
• German: träge — not quick in motion
• Greek: αργός (argós) — not quick in motion
• Greek: βραδύ (vradý) — not quick in motion
• Ancient Greek: βραδύς (bradús) — not quick in motion
• Greenlandic: arriitsoq — not quick in motion
• Greenlandic: kigaatsoq — not quick in motion
• Greenlandic: sukkaatsoq — not quick in motion
• Haitian Creole: lan — not quick in motion
• Hebrew: אִטִּי (ití) — not quick in motion
• Higaonon: mahinay — not quick in motion
• Hindi: धीमा (dhīmā) — not quick in motion
• Hindi: सुस्त (sust) — not quick in motion
• Hindi: आहिस्ता (āhistā) — not quick in motion
• White Hmong: qeeb — not quick in motion
• Hungarian: lassú — not quick in motion
• Icelandic: hægur — not quick in motion
• Icelandic: seinn — not quick in motion
• Ido: lenta — not quick in motion
• Indonesian: lambat — not quick in motion
• Indonesian: pelan — not quick in motion
• Indonesian: perlahan — not quick in motion
• Ingrian: veeno — not quick in motion
• Ingrian: tyltsä mänomää — not quick in motion
• Irish: mall — not quick in motion
• Irish: righin — not quick in motion
• Old Irish: mall — not quick in motion
• Italian: lento — not quick in motion
• Japanese: 遅い (osoi) — not quick in motion
• Japanese: ゆっくり (yukkuri) — not quick in motion
• Japanese: 鈍足 (donsoku) — not quick in motion
• Old Javanese: jambat — not quick in motion
• Kazakh: баяу (baäu) — not quick in motion
• Kazakh: ақырын (aqyryn) — not quick in motion
• Kazakh: жай (jai) — not quick in motion
• Khmer: យឺត (yɨɨt) — not quick in motion
• Korean: 느린 (neurin) — not quick in motion
• Korean: 느리다 (neurida) — not quick in motion
• Central Kurdish: لەسەر خۆ (leser xo) — not quick in motion
• Central Kurdish: ھێواش (hêwaş) — not quick in motion
• Northern Kurdish: hêdî — not quick in motion
• Kyrgyz: акырын (akırın) — not quick in motion
• Kyrgyz: жай (jay) — not quick in motion
• Ladin: plan — not quick in motion
• Ladino: avagarozo — not quick in motion
• Ladino: lento — not quick in motion
• Ladino: yavash — not quick in motion
• Lao: ຊ້າ (sā) — not quick in motion
• Latin: lentus — not quick in motion
• Latin: tardus — not quick in motion
• Latvian: lēns — not quick in motion
• Lithuanian: lėtas — not quick in motion
• Luxembourgish: lues — not quick in motion
• Macedonian: бавен (baven) — not quick in motion
• Malay: lambat — not quick in motion
• Malay: perlahan — not quick in motion
• Malay: pelan — not quick in motion
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᡩᠠ (manda) — not quick in motion
• Māori: kitō — not quick in motion
• Māori: taitu — not quick in motion
• Māori: pōturi — not quick in motion
• Māori: akitō — not quick in motion
• Māori: poroire — not quick in motion
• Māori: tīraha — not quick in motion
• Māori: hōtoa — not quick in motion
• Māori: pūroto (roto) — not quick in motion
• Māori: autō — not quick in motion
• Māori: takamori — not quick in motion
• Māori: pōrori — not quick in motion
• Māori: akutō — not quick in motion
• Mongolian: удаан (udaan) — not quick in motion
• Mongolian: ᠤᠳᠠᠭᠠᠨ (udaɣan) — not quick in motion
• Navajo: chʼééh — not quick in motion
• Neapolitan: liento — not quick in motion
• Nepali: सुस्त (susta) — not quick in motion
• Ngunawal: gunyan — not quick in motion
• Norman: lent — not quick in motion
• Norwegian Bokmål: langsom — not quick in motion
• Occitan: lent — not quick in motion
• Old English: læt — not quick in motion
• Ossetian: сындӕг (syndæg) — not quick in motion
• Persian: آهسته (âheste) — not quick in motion
• Plautdietsch: langsom — not quick in motion
• Plautdietsch: sacht (nds) — not quick in motion
• Polish: wolny — not quick in motion
• Polish: powolny — not quick in motion
• Portuguese: lento — not quick in motion
• Portuguese: devagar — not quick in motion
• Portuguese: lerdo — not quick in motion
• Punjabi: ਧੀਮਾ (dhīmā) — not quick in motion
• Romanian: încet — not quick in motion
• Romansh: plaun — not quick in motion
• Romansh: lamaschi — not quick in motion
• Russian: ме́дленный (médlennyj) — not quick in motion
• Northern Sami: njoahci — not quick in motion
• Northern Sami: hillján — not quick in motion
• Northern Sami: hillji — not quick in motion
• Scottish Gaelic: mall — not quick in motion
• Scottish Gaelic: slaodach — not quick in motion
• Serbo-Croatian: спо̏р — not quick in motion
• Serbo-Croatian: spȍr — not quick in motion
• Sicilian: lentu — not quick in motion
• Slovak: pomalý — not quick in motion
• Slovene: počasen — not quick in motion
• Upper Sorbian: pomałki — not quick in motion
• Upper Sorbian: pomały — not quick in motion
• Spanish: lento — not quick in motion
• Spanish: lerdo — not quick in motion
• Swahili: pole — not quick in motion
• Swahili: aste — not quick in motion
• Swedish: långsam — not quick in motion
• Swedish: seg — not quick in motion
• Tagalog: mabagal — not quick in motion
• Tajik: оҳиста (ohista) — not quick in motion
• Tajik: суст (sust) — not quick in motion
• Tamil: மெதுவான (metuvāṉa) — not quick in motion
• Tatar: әкрен (äkren) — not quick in motion
• Telugu: నిదానము (nidānamu) — not quick in motion
• Thai: ช้า (cháa) — not quick in motion
• Tibetan: དལ་པོ (dal po) — not quick in motion
• Turkish: yavaş — not quick in motion
• Turkish: ağır — not quick in motion
• Ottoman Turkish: آغر (ağır) — not quick in motion
• Tuvan: оожум (oojum) — not quick in motion
• Ukrainian: пові́льний (povílʹnyj) — not quick in motion
• Urdu: سُسْت (sust) — not quick in motion
• Urdu: دِھیمِا (dhīmā) — not quick in motion
• Urdu: آہِسْتَہ (āhista) — not quick in motion
• Urdu: کند (kund) — not quick in motion
• Urdu: کودن (kodan) — not quick in motion
• Uyghur: ئاستا (asta) — not quick in motion
• Uzbek: sekin — not quick in motion
• Uzbek: sust — not quick in motion
• Venetan: slofio — not quick in motion
• Venetan: piajo — not quick in motion
• Vietnamese: chậm — not quick in motion
• Vietnamese: chậm chạp — not quick in motion
• Volapük: nevifik — not quick in motion
• Walloon: londjin — not quick in motion
• Walloon: loyminoye — not quick in motion
• Walloon: lintiveus — not quick in motion
• Welsh: araf — not quick in motion
• Yiddish: פּאַמעלעך (pamelekh) — not quick in motion
• Zhuang: menh — not quick in motion
• Zhuang: yaeng — not quick in motion
• Aragonese: lento — spread over a comparatively long time
• Bulgarian: провле́чен (provléčen) — spread over a comparatively long time
• Czech: pomalý — spread over a comparatively long time
• Finnish: hidas — spread over a comparatively long time
• French: lent — spread over a comparatively long time
• German: langsam — spread over a comparatively long time
• Greek: αργόσυρτος (argósyrtos) — spread over a comparatively long time
• Italian: lento — spread over a comparatively long time
• Latvian: lēns — spread over a comparatively long time
• Macedonian: бавен (baven) — spread over a comparatively long time
• Māori: hōtoa — spread over a comparatively long time
• Māori: autō — spread over a comparatively long time
• Portuguese: lento — spread over a comparatively long time
• Spanish: lento — spread over a comparatively long time
• Swahili: pole — spread over a comparatively long time
• Swahili: aste — spread over a comparatively long time
• Ukrainian: пові́льний (povílʹnyj) — spread over a comparatively long time
• Albanian: vonuar — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Aragonese: lento — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Czech: pomalý — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Dutch: langzaam — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Dutch: langzame — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Dutch: sloom — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Dutch: slome — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Finnish: hidas — of reduced intellectual capacity
• German: dumm — of reduced intellectual capacity
• German: langsam — of reduced intellectual capacity
• German: zurückgeblieben — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Greek: καθυστερημένος (kathysteriménos) — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Greek: αργόστροφος (argóstrofos) — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Hebrew: מְפַגֵּר (m'faggér) — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Irish: righin — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Italian: tardo — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Italian: tarda — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Japanese: とろい (toroi) — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Latin: tardus — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Māori: rare — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Māori: pongipongi — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Portuguese: lerdo — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: tardo — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: lerdo — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: zote — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: caído del palto — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: caído del catre — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: caído del níspero — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: caído del zarzo — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: caído de la hamaca — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: caído de la cama — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: caído de la esfera — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: caído de la mata — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: no tener dos dedos de frente — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Spanish: tardón — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Swahili: pole — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Swahili: aste — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Tibetan: གླེན་པ — of reduced intellectual capacity
• Aragonese: lento — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• Bulgarian: му́ден (múden) — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• Ngazidja Comorian: mpesi — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• Finnish: hidas — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• French: lent — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• French: tardif — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• German: Zeit lassen — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• German: zurückhaltend — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• Greek: ανέτοιμος (anétoimos) — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• Irish: leasc — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• Swahili: pole — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• Swahili: aste — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• Tibetan: བྲེལ་བ་མེད་པ (brel ba med pa) — lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation
• Bulgarian: наза́д (nazád) — behind in time
• Finnish: jätättää — behind in time
• Finnish: jäljessä — behind in time
• German: langsam — behind in time
• German: falsch — behind in time
• Greek: καθυστερημένος (kathysteriménos) — behind in time
• Hebrew: מְפַגֵּר (m'faggér) — behind in time
• Nepali: ढिलो (ḍhilo) — behind in time
• Portuguese: atrasado — behind in time
• Spanish: atrasado — behind in time
• Swahili: pole — behind in time
• Swahili: aste — behind in time
• Aragonese: lento — lacking spirit; boring
• Bulgarian: ску́чен (skúčen) — lacking spirit; boring
• Bulgarian: безинтере́сен (bezinterésen) — lacking spirit; boring
• Finnish: hidas — lacking spirit; boring
• German: langsam — lacking spirit; boring
• German: träge — lacking spirit; boring
• Swahili: pole — lacking spirit; boring
• Tibetan: ཉོབ་ཏོ (nyob to) — lacking spirit; boring
• Ukrainian: нудни́й (nudnýj) — lacking spirit; boring
• Bulgarian: вял (vjal) — not busy
• French: tranquille — not busy
• German: ruhig — not busy
• Latvian: lēns — not busy
• Arabic: أَبْطَأَ (ʔabṭaʔa) — to reduce the speed of
• Arabic: بَطَّأَ (baṭṭaʔa) — to reduce the speed of
• Bulgarian: забавям (zabavjam) — to reduce the speed of
• Catalan: fer lent — to reduce the speed of
• Dutch: vertragen — to reduce the speed of
• Dutch: ophouden — to reduce the speed of
• Finnish: hidastaa — to reduce the speed of
• French: ralentir — to reduce the speed of
• French: freiner — to reduce the speed of
• Georgian: შენელება (šeneleba) — to reduce the speed of
• Greek: βραδύνω (vradýno) — to reduce the speed of
• Greek: επιβραδύνω (epivradýno) — to reduce the speed of
• Greek: σταματώ (stamató) — to reduce the speed of
• Italian: rallentare — to reduce the speed of
• Macedonian: забавува (zabavuva) — to reduce the speed of
• Portuguese: fazer lento — to reduce the speed of
• Portuguese: decelerar — to reduce the speed of
• Portuguese: reduzir rapidez — to reduce the speed of
• Russian: замедля́ть (zamedljátʹ) — to reduce the speed of
• Spanish: frenar — to reduce the speed of
• Spanish: lentificar — to reduce the speed of
• Spanish: enlentecer — to reduce the speed of
• Spanish: ralentizar — to reduce the speed of
• Swahili: pole — to reduce the speed of
• Swahili: aste — to reduce the speed of
• Tibetan: དལ་དུ་གཏོང་བ (dal du gtong ba) — to reduce the speed of
• Ukrainian: упові́льнювати (upovílʹnjuvaty) — to reduce the speed of
• Ukrainian: спові́льнювати (spovílʹnjuvaty) — to reduce the speed of
• Greek: επιβραδύνω (epivradýno) — to keep from going quickly, to delay
• Russian: замедля́ть (zamedljátʹ) — to keep from going quickly, to delay
• Swahili: pole — to keep from going quickly, to delay
• Swahili: aste — to keep from going quickly, to delay
• Bulgarian: забавям се (zabavjam se) — to become slow
• Finnish: hidastua — to become slow
• Greek: αργώ (argó) — to become slow
• Māori: takaware — to become slow
• Spanish: ralentizarse — to become slow
• Spanish: lentificarse — to become slow
• Swahili: pole — to become slow
• Swahili: aste — to become slow
• Tibetan: དལ་དུ་འགྲོ་བ (dal du 'gro ba) — to become slow
• Ukrainian: спові́льнюватися (spovílʹnjuvatysja) — to become slow
• Ukrainian: упові́льнюватися (upovílʹnjuvatysja) — to become slow