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/ɛs.klav/
Translation
slave
Word origin
From Medieval Latin sclavus, a use of the ethnic name for the Slavs, who were widely enslaved and traded in medieval Europe. English 'slave' and 'Slav' come from the same source.
- Origin
- Medieval Latin
- Root
- sclavus
- English cognates
- slave, Slav
Grammar
Examples
aboli l'esclavage 1848.
France abolished slavery and freed the slaves in 1848.
Nantes .
The museum in Nantes explains the slave trade.
Rome antique, .
In ancient Rome, a slave could buy his freedom.
Cette citoyenne.
That woman was a slave before she became a citizen.
.
He is working like a slave to finish the house.
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