Slav
/slɑːv/noun, adjective
Slav is spelled S-L-A-V: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Slav means “A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Slav is Slavs; Wiktionary also lists Slavi (archaic).
How many letters and syllables are in Slav?
| Letters | 4: S-L-A-V |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Slav?
Slav appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Slav?
- US /slɑːv/
Slav has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Slav.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Slav?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Slav from its last stressed vowel (/ɑv/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Slav
- Slavs plural
- more Slav comparative
- most Slav superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Slav mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
- 2
UKThe Slavonian grebe.
adjective
- 1
Synonym of Slavic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Slav in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Slav come from?
From Middle English Sclave, borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more. Doublet of slave and ciao.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).