sklavo

Esperanto

transportado de sklavoj en Afriko

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sklave, from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), ultimately from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos, “Slav”). Compare English slave, French esclave, Spanish esclavo, Italian schiavo, Yiddish שקלאַף (shklaf). Doublet of slavo and ĉaŭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsklavo]
• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: skla‧vo

Noun

sklavo (accusative singular sklavon, plural sklavoj, accusative plural sklavojn)

1. slave

Hyponyms

• sklavino (“female slave”)
• sklaviĉo (“male slave”)

Derived terms

• sklaveco (“slavery”)
• sklavigi (“to enslave”)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto sklavo, English slave, French esclave, German Sklave, Italian schiavo, Spanish esclavo, all ultimately from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsklavo/

Noun

sklavo (plural sklavi)

1. slave

   Antonym: libero

Derived terms

• sklavagar (“to use a slave/slaves”)
• sklavala (“servile, slavish”)
• sklavatra (“slavish”)
• sklavatre (“as a slave”)
• sklave
• sklaveso (“slavery”)
• sklavigar (“to reduce to slavery”)
• sklavigo (“bondage”)
• sklavino (“a female slave”)
• sklavulo (“a male slave”)