sloven
See also: Sloven
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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 -anus.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈslʌvən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌvən
Noun
editsloven (plural slovens)
- A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
- 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, […]
- (obsolete) An immoral woman.
Synonyms
edit- (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
editTranslations
editman or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order
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Anagrams
editDutch
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editNoun
editsloven
Friulian
editPronunciation
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editsloven
Lombard
editPronunciation
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editsloven
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editsloven m (definite singular slovenen, indefinite plural slovenar, definite plural slovenane)
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Serbo-Croatian Sloven.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsloven m or n (feminine singular slovenă, masculine plural sloveni, feminine and neuter plural slovene)
Declension
editDeclension of sloven
singular | plural | ||||||
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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
editsloven m (plural sloveni, feminine equivalent slovenă)
Declension
editDeclension of sloven
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Further reading
edit- sloven in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
editNoun
editsloven c
Declension
editDeclension of sloven | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sloven | slovenen | slovener | slovenerna |
Genitive | slovens | slovenens | sloveners | slovenernas |
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