slaver
/ˈslævɚ/verb, noun
slaver is spelled S-L-A-V-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, slaver means “To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in slaver?
| Letters | 6: S-L-A-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 slaver?
Slaver appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th 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 slaver?
- UK /ˈslævə/
- US /ˈslævɚ/
As a noun (“A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys…”): /ˈsleɪvə/, /ˈsleɪvɚ/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-slaver_(a).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-slaver_(ei).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with slaver?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as slaver from its last stressed vowel (/ævəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: serval, salver, versal.
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 slaver
- slavers present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- slavering participle, present
- slavered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slaver mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
- 2
To fawn.
- 3
To be drooled out of someone’s mouth.
- 4
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
- 5
To be besmeared with saliva.
noun
- 1
Saliva running from the mouth; drool.
- 2
A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves.
- 3
A white slaver; a person who sells prostitutes into sexual slavery.
- 4
A ship used to transport slaves.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Slaver in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | baver , marchand d'esclaves, esclavagiste, négrier, négrière , navire d'esclaves |
| German | sabbern, geifern , Sklavenhändler, Sklavenhändlerin, Sklavenhalter, Sklavenhalterin |
| Portuguese | babar , escravista, negreiro, negreira |
| Spanish | esclavista, negrero, negrera |
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 slaver come from?
From Middle English slaveren, from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”), probably imitative. Doublet of slabber.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).