sloven

See also: Sloven

English

Etymology

From 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 -ānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslʌvən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌvən

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.

Synonyms

• (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

• slovenlike
• slovenliness
• slovenly
• slovenness
• slovenry

Translations

man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order — see also slob

• Bulgarian: повлекан (bg) m (povlekan)
• Czech: špindíra m or f
• Finnish: hamppari (fi), hampuusi (fi)
• Polish: abnegat (pl) m, abnegat (pl) f
• Russian: неря́ха (ru) m or f (nerjáxa), замара́шка (ru) m or f (zamaráška), грязну́ля (ru) m or f (grjaznúlja), растрёпа (ru) m or f (rastrjópa)
• Swedish: slusk (sv) c, lortgris (sv) c, slarver (sv) c, hafser c

Anagrams

• Lovens, Selvon, volens, novels

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːvən

Noun

sloven

1. plural of sloof

Friulian

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

Etymology tree

substrateder.?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.?

Proto-Slavic *slov-

Proto-Slavic *-ǫta

Proto-Slavic *Slov-?

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Slavic *-inъ

Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ

Proto-Slavic *slověninъ

Serbo-Croatian Slòvēnbor.

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Proto-Slavic *slověninъder.

Slovene Slovẹ́nəcbor.

German Slowenebor.

French slovènebor.

Romanian sloven

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Sloven and French slovène. Doublet of slovean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sloˈven]

Adjective

sloven m or n (feminine singular slovenă, masculine plural sloveni, feminine/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	slovenilor	slovenelor

Noun

sloven m (plural sloveni, feminine equivalent slovenă)

1. a Slovene/Slovenian person

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sloven	slovenul	sloveni	slovenii
genitive-dative	sloven	slovenului	sloveni	slovenilor
vocative	slovenule		slovenilor

Further reading

• “sloven”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Swedish

Noun

sloven c

1. A person from Slovenia, chiefly male

Declension

Declension of sloven

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sloven	slovens
	definite	slovenen	slovenens
plural	indefinite	slovener	sloveners
	definite	slovenerna	slovenernas

Related terms

• Slovenien
• slovensk
• slovenska

Anagrams

• lovens