slaw

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed (around 1861) from Dutch sla, shortened from salade (“salad, lettuce”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /slɔː/ (US) IPA(key): /slɔ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /slɑ/ Rhymes: -ɔː === Noun === slaw (countable and uncountable, plural slaws) (US, Canada) Coleslaw. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === awls, Laws, WASL, LAWS, Wals, LAWs, lwas, laws == Middle English == === Verb === slaw (Late Middle English, Early Scots) alternative form of sleen == Old English == === Alternative forms === slǣw, slēaw === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slɑːw/ Rhymes: -ɑːw === Adjective === slāw lazy slow, inert ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== slāwlīċe slǣwþ ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: slaw, slow English: slow Geordie: slaw Scots: slaw === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Sláw”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.