Slav

See also: slav and -slav

English

Etymology

People from these countries are usually considered Slavs

From Middle English sclave, borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more. Doublet of slave and ciao. Displaced native Old English Wined.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /slɑːv/, /slæv/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːv, -æv

Noun

Slav (plural Slavs or (archaic) Slavi)

A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
(Britain, birdwatching) The Slavonian grebe.

Usage notes

From the mid 18th to mid 19th century, the plural Slavi was more common; since then Slavs has predominated.

Derived terms

Slavdom
Slavhood
Slavia
Slavic
Slavness

Related terms

slave
Slavonic

Translations

a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language

Albanian: sllav (sq) m, sllave f
Arabic: سَلَاف‎ m (salāf), صَقَالِبَة‎ f (ṣaqāliba)
Armenian: սլավոն (hy) (slavon)
Asturian: eslavu (ast)
Azerbaijani: slavyan
Belarusian: славяні́н m (slavjanín), славя́нка f (slavjánka)
Bulgarian: славя́нин (bg) m (slavjánin), славя́нка f (slavjánka)
Catalan: eslau m, eslava (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 斯拉夫人 (si¹ laai¹ fu¹ jan⁴)
Mandarin: 斯拉夫人 (zh) (sīlāfūrén)
Czech: Slovan (cs) m
Danish: slaver c
Dutch: Slaaf (nl) m, Slavische (nl) f
Esperanto: slavo, slavino (woman)
Estonian: slaavlane
Finnish: slaavi (fi)
French: Slave (fr) m or f
Friulian: sclâf, sclâv
Georgian: სლავი (slavi)
German: Slawe (de) m, Slawin (de) f
Greek: Σλάβος (el) m (Slávos), Σλάβα (el) f (Sláva)
Hebrew: סלאבי‎ m
Hindi: स्लाव m (slāv)
Hungarian: szláv (hu)
Irish: Slavacha
Italian: slavo (it) m, slava (it) f
Japanese: スラヴ人 (suravujin), スラブ人 (surabujin)
Kazakh: славян (slavän)
Korean: 슬라브 사람 (seullabeu saram)
Kyrgyz: славян (slavyan), славянин (slavyanin)
Latin: Sclavus m
Latvian: slāvs m, slāviete f
Lithuanian: slavas m, slavė f
Macedonian: Словен m (Sloven), Словенка f (Slovenka)
Middle English: Sclave
Mongolian: слав (slav), славян (slavjan)
Norwegian: slav
Old East Slavic: словѣнинъ m (slověninŭ), словѣнка f (slověnka)
Old English: Wined m
Persian: اسلاو‎ (fa) (eslâv)
Polabian: slüvensťĕ
Polish: Słowianin (pl) m, Słowianka (pl) f
Portuguese: eslavo (pt) m
Romani: das m
Romanian: slav (ro) m, slavă (ro) f
Russian: славяни́н (ru) m (slavjanín), славя́нка (ru) f (slavjánka)
Scottish Gaelic: Slàbhach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Словен m, Словенка f (Bosnian, Serbian), Славен m, Славенка f (Croatian)
Roman: Sloven m, Slovenka f (Bosnian, Serbian), Slaven m, Slavenka f (Croatian)
Slovak: Slovan m, Slovanka f
Slovene: Slován m, Slovánka f
Spanish: eslavo (es) m, eslava (es) f
Swedish: slav (sv)
Tagalog: Eslabo
Tajik: славян (slavyan)
Thai: ชาวสลาฟ (chaao sà-làaf)
Turkish: Slav (tr)
Turkmen: slawýan
Ukrainian: слов'яни́н m (slovʺjanýn), слов'я́нка f (slovʺjánka)
Urdu: سلاو‎ m (slāv)
Uzbek: slavyan (uz)
Venetian: slavo
Vietnamese: người Slav
Welsh: Slaf m
Yakut: ньөһа (ńöha)

References

Anagrams

Vals, lavs, vals