different between slaken vs slaten

English

Verb

slaken

1. Obsolete spelling of slacken

Anagrams

• ankles

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slaken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sla?.k?(n)/
• Hyphenation: sla?ken
• Rhymes: -a?k?n

Verb

slaken

1. to utter (a sound, word or cry), especially a sigh; to heave; to fetch

Inflection

English

Etymology

slate +? -en (“made of”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sle?t?n/, [?sle?tn?]

Adjective

slaten (not comparable)

1. (literary) Made of slate.
   • 1860 October, The Knickerbocker LVI, ? 4, “Remembrances; Somewhat of an Allegory”, page 368:

     It is twilight time: the sun has gone away over the hill, and has left only crimson clouds for his rising token. Sitting down on the slaten rock, and looking westward, I said: ‘It will be fair to-morrow.’ Then, close by me, some one said: ‘Fair, to-morrow.’

   • ibidem, page 369:

     Then she floated away and left me lying on the slaten rock.

Translations

Anagrams

• Altens, Antles, latens, salten, tensal

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sl??t?n/

Noun

slaten

1. plural of sultan