sloven

Etymology

From Middle Flemish sloovin (“a scold”) related to sloef (“untidy, shabby”), from Proto-Germanic *slup- + Old French suffix -ain, from Latin -anus Related to slob, slow, sloth, slush, slurp, sloof, slattern, and slut.

Noun

sloven (plural slovens)

1. A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
2. low, base, lewd
3. (obsolete) immoral woman

Anagrams

• Lovens, novels

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -oːvən

Noun

sloven

1. Plural form of sloof

Alternative forms

• slovenar

Noun

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

1. Slovenian (person)

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Sloven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sloˈven]

Adjective

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

1. (of a person) Slovene, Slovenian

Noun

sloven m (plural sloveni, feminine equivalent slovenă)

1. a Slovene/Slovenian person

Noun

sloven c

1. A person from Slovenia, chiefly male