sloven

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English

Etymology

From Middle Flemish sloovin (“a scold”). Related to Middle Dutch sloef (“untidy, shabby”), from Proto-Germanic *slup- + Old French -ain, from Latin -anus.

Pronunciation

Noun

sloven (plural slovens)

  1. A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
  2. A low, base, lewd person.
    • a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Poems against Garnesche. Skelton Laureate Defendar ageinst Lusty Garnyshe Well Beseen Crystofer Chalangar, et cetera.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: , volume I, London: Thomas Rodd, , published 1843, →OCLC, page 130, lines 145–147:
      The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
      The foullest sloven under heaven, / Proud, peevish, lither, and lewd, / Malapert, meddler, nothing well thewed,
  3. (obsolete) An immoral woman.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

sloven

  1. plural of sloof

Friulian

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sloven

  1. Slovene

Lombard

Pronunciation

  • (Milanese) IPA(key): /sluˈvẽː/

Adjective

sloven

  1. Slovene

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sloven m (definite singular slovenen, indefinite plural slovenar, definite plural slovenane)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of slovenar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Sloven.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sloven m or n (feminine singular slovenă, masculine plural sloveni, feminine and neuter plural slovene)

  1. (of a person) Slovene, Slovenian

Declension

Declension of sloven
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite sloven slovenă sloveni slovene
definite slovenul slovena slovenii slovenele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite sloven slovene sloveni slovene
definite slovenului slovenei slovenelor slovenilor

Noun

sloven m (plural sloveni, feminine equivalent slovenă)

  1. a Slovene/Slovenian person

Declension

Declension of sloven
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sloven slovenul (niște) sloveni slovenii
genitive/dative (unui) sloven slovenului (unor) sloveni slovenilor
vocative slovenule slovenilor

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Swedish

Noun

sloven c

  1. A person from Slovenia, chiefly male

Declension

Declension of sloven 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sloven slovenen slovener slovenerna
Genitive slovens slovenens sloveners slovenernas

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