slave
French, noun
slave is spelled S-L-A-V-E (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Slave is a French masculine noun meaning “a Slavic language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Slave is a different word: “Slav”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue parlée par les peuples slaves”.
What does slave mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Slav, Slavic
Les langues slaves.
noun
- 1
masculinea Slavic language
Avant le IXe siècle, on présume que les Slaves partageaient tous une langue à peu près identique appelée le slave commun, mais aucun écrit avant 860 ne peut le prouver.
noun
- 1
femininemasculineSlav
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie les peuples d’Europe centrale ou orientale dont la langue fait partie du groupe des langues slaves.
noun: 1. Langue parlée par les peuples slaves.
noun: 1. Membre du peuple des Slaves.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of slave
- slaves plural
- Slaves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to slave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is slave in French?
slave appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).