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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Slav (släv, slav),USA pronunciation n. - Language Varietiesone of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs,) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs,) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs.)
adj. - Language Varietiesof, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Slavs;
Slavic.
- Medieval Latin Sclāvus
- a Slavic ethnonym, perh. origin, originally a name for all Slavic tribes (compare Slovak, Slovene, Old Russian Slověně an East Slavic tribe); replacing Middle English Sclave
- Medieval Latin Slāvus, variant of Sclāvus, akin to Late Greek Sklábos
- 1350–1400
- Slavic.
Also, Slav. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Slav /slɑːv/ n - a member of any of the peoples of E Europe or NW Asia who speak a Slavonic language
Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin Sclāvus a captive Slav; see slave |