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slave

/sˈleɪv/SLAYV
/sˈleɪv/SLAYV

Meaninga Slav (a captive people)

Common meaning: a person held as the legal property of another

Journey through time

  1. Germansklavesource
  2. Frenchesclave‘a slave’source
  3. Englishslave‘a person held as the legal property of another’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on German sklave ‘a Slav (a captive people)’.

Roots

  • sklave German “a Slav (a captive people)”

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