thrall

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• Received-Pronunciation: /θɹɔːl/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /θɹoːl/
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• /θɹɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: /θɹɑl/
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• Scotland: /θɾɔl/
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• Wales: /θɾɔːl/
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• CMU ARPABET: TH R AO1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English thral, thralle, threl, threlle, from Old English þrǣl (“thrall, slave, servant”), from Old Norse þræll (“slave”), from Proto-Germanic *þrahilaz, *þragilaz, *þrigilaz (“runner, gofer, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *tregh- (“to pull, drag, race, run”), possibly a variant of *dhregh- (“to run”); related to Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan), Old English þrǣġan (“to run”).

From Middle English thrallen, from the noun above. Compare Old Norse þræla.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: роб (rob) — one who is enslaved
• Catalan: esclau — one who is enslaved
• Danish: træl — one who is enslaved
• Dutch: slaaf — one who is enslaved
• Dutch: lijfeigene — one who is enslaved
• French: esclave — one who is enslaved
• French: servant — one who is enslaved
• German: Leibeigene — one who is enslaved
• Hungarian: rab — one who is enslaved
• Hungarian: szolga — one who is enslaved
• Hungarian: rabszolga — one who is enslaved
• Italian: essere schiavo — one who is enslaved
• Macedonian: пленик (plenik) — one who is enslaved
• Macedonian: роб (rob) — one who is enslaved
• Manx: sleab — one who is enslaved
• Norwegian Bokmål: trell — one who is enslaved
• Norwegian Nynorsk: træl — one who is enslaved
• Occitan: esclau — one who is enslaved
• Occitan: esclava — one who is enslaved
• Occitan: sèrv — one who is enslaved
• Occitan: sèrva — one who is enslaved
• Portuguese: servo — one who is enslaved
• Portuguese: escravo — one who is enslaved
• Russian: невольник (nevolʹnik) — one who is enslaved
• Russian: раб (rab) — one who is enslaved
• Slovene: suženj — one who is enslaved
• Slovene: sužnja — one who is enslaved
• Spanish: esclavo — one who is enslaved
• Swedish: träl — one who is enslaved
• Welsh: caethwas — one who is enslaved
• Welsh: caethferch — one who is enslaved
• Bulgarian: робство (robstvo) — the state of being enslaved
• Czech: područí — the state of being enslaved
• Czech: poroba — the state of being enslaved
• Czech: otroctví — the state of being enslaved
• Danish: trældom — the state of being enslaved
• French: emprise — the state of being enslaved
• French: servitude — the state of being enslaved
• German: Leibeigenschaft — the state of being enslaved
• Hungarian: rabság — the state of being enslaved
• Hungarian: szolgaság — the state of being enslaved
• Hungarian: rabszolgaság — the state of being enslaved
• Macedonian: пленство (plenstvo) — the state of being enslaved
• Macedonian: ропство (ropstvo) — the state of being enslaved
• Macedonian: подјарменост (podjarmenost) — the state of being enslaved
• Occitan: servitud — the state of being enslaved
• Occitan: jo — the state of being enslaved
• Portuguese: jugo — the state of being enslaved
• Russian: плен (plen) — the state of being enslaved
• Russian: ра́бство (rábstvo) — the state of being enslaved
• Spanish: esclavizado — the state of being enslaved
• Swedish: träldom — the state of being enslaved