different between neger vs slave

English

Etymology

Perhaps from French nègre, from Spanish negro; or perhaps a variant of nigger.

Noun

neger (plural negers)

1. (rare) Synonym of nigger [from 16th c.]
   • c. 1700, ‘The Saint Turn'd Sinner’ (ballad):

     The Parson still more eager, / Than lustful Turk or Neger, / Took up her lower Garment, / And said there was no harm in't, / According to the Text.

Anagrams

• Egner, Geren, Green, Green., genre, green, regen

Danish

Etymology

From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ne?j?]

Noun

neger c (singular definite negeren, plural indefinite negre)

1. (derogatory, now offensive) a dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent
2. a ghostwriter

Declension

or

Usage notes

The term neger is not quite as offensive as English nigger, but is now generally considered offensive by most people; in its place, the term sort (“black”) is preferred.

Synonyms

• (dark-skinned, derogatory): nigger, abekat
• (dark-skinned, neutral): sort, farvet, afrikaner, mørkhudet (“dark skinned”)
• (ghostwriter): ghostwriter

Further reading

• neger on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier negro (“black person”) or from French nègre (“black person”), from Spanish negro (“black person”), from Latin niger (“black”), of uncertain origin but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts (“night”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ne?.??r/
• Hyphenation: ne?ger
• Rhymes: -e???r

Noun

neger m (plural negers, diminutive negertje n, feminine negerin)

1. (colloquial, possibly offensive) a black person, a Negro (male or of unspecified gender)

Usage notes

• For many speakers in Belgium and the Netherlands it is a neutral albeit mainly colloquial way to refer to someone with a dark skin colour. Historically, the word was also used in formal registers, including in newspapers and literary works, but such use has become rare by the early 21st century.
• In Suriname, the word is a derogatory term, except when used in the compounds bosneger and stadsneger.
• In the Benelux, since about 2010, neger is increasingly considered to be hurtful, condescending and/or discriminatory, especially by black people, due to the offensiveness of the etymologically related English nigger and Negro.
• There is evidence that at least some black speakers have reappropriated the word.
• The synonym zwarte or zwarte persoon/man/vrouw can be used as a neutral alternative in all geographies and circumstances. There is also some use of the neologisms Afro-Nederlander, Afro-Belg and Afro-Vlaming, which are neutral alternatives in all circumstances, but can only be used for respectively Dutch people, Belgians and Flemings with African roots.

Synonyms

• zwarte

Derived terms

• bosneger
• dobberneger
• excuusneger
• negeren
• negerin
• negerslaaf
• negerstam
• negerzoen
• nepneger
• stadsneger

Related terms

• negroïde

Descendants

• Afrikaans: neger

References

Anagrams

• enger
• genre
• regen

German

Adjective

neger

1. (Austria, colloquial, dated, possibly offensive) broke, bankrupt

See also

• Neger
• Negerant

Latin

Verb

neger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of neg?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger (“black”).

Noun

neger m (definite singular negeren, indefinite plural negere or negre or negrer, definite plural negerne or negrene)

1. a Negro (sometimes derogatory and offensive)

References

• “neger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger (“black”).

Noun

neger m (definite singular negeren, indefinite plural negrar, definite plural negrane)

1. a Negro (sometimes derogatory and offensive)

References

• “neger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger (“black”).

Noun

neger c

1. (derogatory, now offensive) a negro, a black person

Declension

Usage notes

• The word, potentially having derogatory connotations, has been avoided since the 1960s, primarily in favor of svart (“black”) and afrikan (“African”).
• The pluralization with -ar, although attested as early as 1756, less common and omitted from several dictionaries.

Synonyms

• blåman
• svarting

Derived terms

• negerboll
• negerkyss
• negerslav
• blåneger

References

Anagrams

• gener, genre, green

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French sclave, from Medieval Latin scl?vus (“slave”), from Late Latin Scl?vus (“Slav”), because Slavs were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages. The Latin word is from Byzantine Greek ??????? (Sklábos), see that entry and Slav for more.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sl?v, IPA^(key): /sle?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Noun

slave (plural slaves)

1. A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
2. (figuratively) A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.
3. (figuratively) An abject person.

   Synonym: wretch
4. (figuratively) One who has no power of resistance (to something), one who surrenders to or is under the domination (of something).
5. (BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses.

   Hypernym: sub
6. A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.
7. (engineering, computing, photography) A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).

   Synonyms: secondary, worker

   Antonyms: master, primary

Usage notes

• In the technical sense increasingly replaced with less-charged terms such as secondary, worker etc.

Alternative forms

Hyponyms

• bossale, bozal

Coordinate terms

• chattel
• indentured servant

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• slave (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• slavery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• master/slave (technology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

slave (third-person singular simple present slaves, present participle slaving, simple past and past participle slaved)

1. To work as a slaver, to enslave people.
   • 1606, John Marston, The Wonder of Women

     MASSINISSA: Wilt thou be slaved?
     SOPHONISBA: No, free

   • 1908, James Wells, Stewart of Lovedale: The Life of James Stewart, D.D., M.D., Hon. F.R.G.S., page 88:

     The truth is from the Zambesi to Lake Nyasa on the north and east banks of the river, there is nothing but slaving — Africans selling each other . . .

   • 2011, David Eltis, Keith Bradley, Paul Cartledge, The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 3, AD 1420-AD 1804, Cambridge University Press (?ISBN), page 128:

     Despite these examples, the majority of enslaved Africans were not able to rely on rulers for help against slaving. Africans living in chiefdoms and villages ruled by allied African authorities were, however, able to use the legal system (Tribunal of Mukanos) in place in the regions under formal Portuguese control […]

   • 2016, Thomas Arcaro, et al. Understanding the Global Experience: Becoming a Responsible World Citizen, Routledge (?ISBN):

     With ready access to firearms through trade, the slaving Africans held a distinct upper-hand over the groups they preyed upon, which were often politically and socially weakened or destroyed by the trade.

   • 2016, Alistair Paterson, A Millennium of Cultural Contact, Routledge (?ISBN), page 117:

     Significant impacts resulted from slaving; there is evidence of how communities dealt with the threat and benefits of slaving. Africans provided most of the slaves to European slavers. Most slaves were created either to settle debts or raise funds, through warfare, or as punishment for a real or perceived crime.

2. (intransitive) To work hard.

3. (transitive) To place a device under the control of another.
   • 2005, Simon Millward, Fast Guide to Cubase SX (page 403)

     Slaving one digital audio device to another unit using timecode alone results in time-based synchronisation […]

Translations

References

Anagrams

• 'alves, Alves, Elvas, Levas, Selva, Veals, avels, evals, laves, salve, selva, vales, valse, veals

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sklave, from Latin scl?vus, whence also slaver.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?v?

Noun

slave c (singular definite slaven, plural indefinite slaver)

1. slave

   Synonym: træl

Inflection

Derived terms

• slaveri

Verb

slave (imperative slav, infinitive at slave, present tense slaver, past tense slavede, perfect tense har slavet)

1. slave

   Synonym: trælle

Esperanto

Etymology

From slavo +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?slave/
• Hyphenation: sla?ve
• Rhymes: -ave

Adverb

slave

1. In a Slavic language; Slavically

French

Etymology

From Middle French Sclave, from Medieval Latin Scl?vus, from Byzantine Greek ??????? (Sklábos), which see for more. Doublet of esclave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slav/

Adjective

slave (plural slaves)

1. Slav, Slavic

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

slave m (uncountable)

1. A Slavic language.

References

• “slave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “slave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• laves, lavés, levas, salve, valse, valsé

Italian

Adjective

slave

1. feminine plural of slavo

Noun

slave f

1. plural of slava

Anagrams

• salve, selva, svela, valse

Latvian

Noun

slave f (5th declension)

1. (dialectal) fame, glory; alternative form of slava

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

slave m (definite singular slaven, indefinite plural slaver, definite plural slavene)

1. slave

Derived terms

Related terms

• slaveri

References

• “slave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

slave m (definite singular slaven, indefinite plural slavar, definite plural slavane)

1. slave

Derived terms

Related terms

• slaveri

References

• “slave” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.