slave

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English sclave, from Old French sclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“Slav”), traditionally assumed to be because Slavs were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages. The Latin word is from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry and Slav for more. Displaced native Old English þēow. Thrall and bondsman/bondswoman, however, remain common synonyms. Doublet of ciao and Slav. An alternative hypothesis derives sclavus from Ancient Greek σκῡλεύω (skūleúō), σκῡλάω (skūláō, “to strip or despoil a slain enemy”). === Pronunciation === enPR: slāv, IPA(key): /sleɪv/ Rhymes: -eɪv === Noun === slave (plural slaves) 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. (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. (figuratively) An abject person. Synonym: wretch (figuratively) One who has no power of resistance to something, one who surrenders to or is under the domination of something. Synonym: thrall (BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who consensually submits to, sexually or personally, serving one or more masters or mistresses. Hypernym: sub 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. (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 ==== === Verb === slave (third-person singular simple present slaves, present participle slaving, simple past and past participle slaved) To work as a slaver, to enslave people. (intransitive) To work hard. (transitive) To place a device under the control of another. ==== Derived terms ==== slave away wage-slave ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === slave (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia slavery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia master/slave (technology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === avels, evals, selva, Laves, Elvas, Veals, 'alves, Alves, Selva, salve, Levas, laves, vales, veals, valse == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Sklave, from Latin sclavus, whence also slaver. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aːvə === Noun === slave c (singular definite slaven, plural indefinite slaver) slave Synonym: træl ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== slaveri === Verb === slave (imperative slav, infinitive at slave, present tense slaver, past tense slavede, perfect tense har slavet) slave Synonym: trælle == Esperanto == === Etymology === From slavo + -e. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈslave/ Rhymes: -ave Syllabification: sla‧ve === Adverb === slave In a Slavic language; Slavically == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French Sclave, from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), which see for more. Doublet of esclave. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slav/ === Adjective === slave (plural slaves) Slav, Slavic Les langues slaves. ― The Slavic languages. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === slave m (uncountable) a Slavic language === References === “slave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Further reading === “slave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === laves, lavés, levas, salve, valse, valsé == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzla.ve/ Rhymes: -ave Hyphenation: slà‧ve === Adjective === slave feminine plural of slavo === Noun === slave f plural of slava === Anagrams === Selva, salve, selva, svela, valse == Latvian == === Noun === slave f (5th declension) (dialectal) fame, glory; alternative form of slava ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Noun === slave alternative form of sclave == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === slave m (definite singular slaven, indefinite plural slaver, definite plural slavene) 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) slave ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== slaveri === References === “slave” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Serbo-Croatian == === Verb === slave (Cyrillic spelling славе) third-person plural present of slaviti