sclave

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Latin

Noun

sclave

vocative singular of sclavus

References

sclave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus̄ (“Slav”). Doublet of Sclave.

Alternative forms

esclave, slave

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈs(k)laːv(ə)/

Noun

sclave

slave (individual held in slavery)

Descendants

English: slave
Scots: slave, sclave
Yola: zlaves (plural)

References

“esclāve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
“sclāve, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

sclave

Alternative form of Sclave

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskla.ve/

Noun

sclave f pl

plural of sclavă

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