sloven

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sloveyn, from Middle Flemish sloovin (“a scold”). Related to Middle Dutch sloef (“untidy, shabby”), from Proto-Germanic *slup- + Old French -ain, from Latin -ānus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈslʌvən/ Rhymes: -ʌvən === Noun === sloven (plural slovens) A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut. A low, base, lewd person. (obsolete) An immoral woman. ==== Synonyms ==== (man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order): cutterman, scruff, slob; See also Thesaurus:untidy person (immoral woman): See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Lovens, Selvon, volens, novels == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oːvən === Noun === sloven plural of sloof == Friulian == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === sloven Slovene == Lombard == === Pronunciation === (Milanese) IPA(key): /sluˈvẽː/ === Adjective === sloven Slovene == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === sloven m (definite singular slovenen, indefinite plural slovenar, definite plural slovenane) (pre-2012) alternative form of slovenar == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Sloven. Doublet of slovean. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [sloˈven] === Adjective === sloven m or n (feminine singular slovenă, masculine plural sloveni, feminine/neuter plural slovene) (of a person) Slovene, Slovenian ==== Declension ==== === Noun === sloven m (plural sloveni, feminine equivalent slovenă) a Slovene/Slovenian person ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “sloven”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === sloven c A person from Slovenia, chiefly male ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Slovenien slovensk slovenska === Anagrams === lovens