Meaning

3 senses
  1. A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.

    неря́хаnerjáxa, замара́шкаzamaráška, грязну́ляgrjaznúlja

  2. A low, base, lewd person.

    a coarse obnoxious person

  3. (obsolete)An immoral woman.

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order:

Origin

From Middle English sloveyn, from Middle Flemish sloovin (“a scold”). Related to Middle Du

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.

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Forms

plural: slovens
Singularsloven
Pluralslovens

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order:cutterman
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sloven — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto