See also: Sloven

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈslʌvən/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌvən

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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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sloven

  1. plural of sloof

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sloven

  1. Slovene

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  • (Milanese) IPA(key): /sluˈvẽː/

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sloven

  1. Slovene

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

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of slovenar

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Sloven.

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

  1. (of a person) Slovene, Slovenian

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sloven m (plural sloveni, feminine equivalent slovenă)

  1. a Slovene/Slovenian person

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sloven c

  1. A person from Slovenia, chiefly male

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

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