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slave

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.

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slava

English

Etymology

From South Slavic slava / ????? (slava), literally "fame, honour".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sl??v?/

Noun

slava (plural slavas)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians and Gorani.
    • 1942: I was also enchanted at the opportunity of seeing a Slava (the word means ‘Holy’), which is the distinctive social custom of the Serbs. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 753)

Further reading

  • Slava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Salva, avals, lavas, vasal

Italian

Adjective

slava

  1. feminine singular of slavo

Noun

slava f (plural slave)

  1. female equivalent of slavo
    Slavic woman, Slav woman

Anagrams

  • salva, valsa

Latvian

Alternative forms

  • (archaic form) sl?ve
  • (dialectal forms) slave, slavs

Etymology

A nominal, derived from the stem of (unattested) Latvian verb *slaut (to make known), whence also slav?t (to praise, to commend, to speak highly) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian šlov??, dialectal šlóv?, šlav??, Proto-Slavic *slava.

Pronunciation

Noun

slava m

  1. (dialectal form) genitive singular form of slavs

slava f (4th declension)

  1. fame, renown (very high evaluation or opinion of a person, a place, an institution, a symbol, etc., by a community)
  2. glory, praise
  3. reputation, fame (a widespread idea or impression about someone)

Declension

Synonyms

  • gods
  • reput?cija

Derived terms

  • slavens

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • slave (e infinitive)

Verb

slava (present tense slavar, past tense slava, past participle slava, passive infinitive slavast, present participle slavande, imperative slav)

  1. (intransitive) to wear out by labouring
  2. (intransitive) to work or serve as a slave

Synonyms

  • træla/træle

References

  • “slava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slava, from Proto-Indo-European *?lewos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slâ?a/
  • Hyphenation: sla?va

Noun

sl?va f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

  1. glory
  2. fame
  3. feast
  4. (regional, Orthodox Christian) Christian celebration (holiday) honoring a family saint

Declension

Synonyms

  • (glory): díka

Derived terms

  • pròslaviti

See also

  • fešta

References

  • “slava” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slà??a/

Noun

sláva f

  1. glory
  2. fame

Inflection


Swedish

Etymology

slav +? -a

Verb

slava (present slavar, preterite slavade, supine slavat, imperative slava)

  1. to work or serve as a slave; to be treated like a slave

Conjugation

Related terms

  • slaveri

Anagrams

  • salva, svala

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