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Meaning of "slavey" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLAVEY

From slave + -y².
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SLAVEY

slavey  [ˈsleɪvɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLAVEY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slavey is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SLAVEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

slavey

Slavey people

The Slavey are a First Nations aboriginal people of the Dene group, indigenous to the Great Slave Lake region, in Canada's Northwest Territories, and extending into northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta.

Definition of slavey in the English dictionary

The definition of slavey in the dictionary is a female general servant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLAVEY


agave
əˈɡeɪvɪ
cavie
ˈkeɪvɪ
cavy
ˈkeɪvɪ
clavie
ˈkleɪvɪ
Davy
ˈdeɪvɪ
gravy
ˈɡreɪvɪ
mavie
ˈmeɪvɪ
navy
ˈneɪvɪ
shavie
ˈʃeɪvɪ
wavey
ˈweɪvɪ
wavy
ˈweɪvɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLAVEY

slave
slave ant
Slave Coast
slave cylinder
slave driver
slave labour
Slave River
slave ship
Slave State
slave trade
slave trader
slave trading
slave traffic
slave-driver
slaveholder
slaveholding
slaver
slaveringly
slavery

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLAVEY

aerial survey
attitude survey
convey
covey
damage survey
Garvey
Geological Survey
Harvey
jarvey
lovey
lovey-dovey
opinion survey
Ordnance Survey
peavey
purvey
resurvey
sample survey
savey
structural survey
survey

Synonyms and antonyms of slavey in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «slavey» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLAVEY

Find out the translation of slavey to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slavey from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slavey» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

slavey
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

slavey
570 millions of speakers

English

slavey
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

slavey
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

slavey
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Slavey
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

slavey
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাড়ির ঝি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boniche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hamba
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dienstmädchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

slavey
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하녀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tenggorokan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầy tớ gái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொச்சை வழக்கில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दासी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hizmetçi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Slavey
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Slavey
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Slavey
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

servitoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Slavey
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slavey
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Slavey
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slavey
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slavey

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLAVEY»

The term «slavey» is regularly used and occupies the 93.901 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLAVEY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «slavey» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «slavey» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slavey

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLAVEY»

Discover the use of slavey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slavey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers
Introduction The Slavey are part of the Dene nation, known in the anthropological literature as Northern Athapaskan- speakers. Dene means "people" in a number of their languages. Traditional Dene lands encompass an area of over 1.17 ...
Richard B. Lee, Richard Heywood Daly, 1999
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Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the ...
From Petitot's description, the main difference between the two seems to be the presence of English, Chipewyan and Kutchin elements in Jargon Loucheux, but not in Broken Slavey. Although modern Athabaskanists seem to consider Broken  ...
Stephen Adolphe Wurm, Peter Mühlhäusler, Darrell T. Tyron, 1996
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Learn ZF2: Learning By Example
"In this book Slavey shares his real life experience with ZF2 projects, as a senior consultant at Zend Technologies, and hits all the major challenges you may face. It is a must-have if you want a quick start and proficiency in ZF2.
Slavey Karadzhov, 2013
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Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
Among the Athapascan-speaking peoples of Canada's north country was a tribe known as the Slavey, pronounced SLAY-vee, or Slave. The name is the translation of Awokanek, given to them by the CREE, traditional enemies who sometimes ...
Carl Waldman, 2009
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Handbook of North American Indians: Subarctic
In Northern Tutchone constricted vowels develop high tone (as in Kaska and Slavey- Hare); in Southern Tutchone, low tone (as in Tagish and Tahltan). Tutchone, like most Yukon Athapaskan languages, was poorly documented until the 1970s ...
‎1978
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Language in Canada
Tagish as a single language whereas table 6, 1 shows three separate languages .4 Krauss and Golla also recognize four dialects for Slavey.Hare, but it is customary in the Northwest Territories to group the dialects into Southern Slavey and ...
John Edwards, 1998
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The Languages of Native North America
Slavey or South Slavey (Slave proper) is spoken at Fort Liard, Fort Providence, Kakisa, Jean Marie River, Trout Lake, Nahanni Butte, Liidli Koe (Fort Simpson), and by some in Wrigley in the Northwest Territories; at Meander River, Chateh ...
Marianne Mithun, 2001
8
More Than a Music Box: Radio Cultures and Communities in a ...
Chipewyan, English South Slavey, English English, North Slavey, Dogrib Inuvialuktun, English Table 5.2 (continued) Community Popula- Languages tion Media Dogrib, North. Lutselk'e (Snowdrift) 304 Nahanni Butte 75 Norman Wells ...
Andrew Crisell, 2006
9
Un/Covering the North: News, Media, and Aboriginal People
This book provides a comprehensive survey of communications in the circumpolar region, focusing on the Canadian Arctic and sub-Arctic but also looking at the circumpolar North (Alaska, Siberia, Greenland, and the Nordic/Saami nations).
Valerie Alia, 2011
10
Dust
take African Americans back to Africa, and Slavey's mother loved his father, and they did all hand-in-hand. At about the time Theresa returned to Alabama, Slavey's father showed his spirit for a better place by taking his wife and Slavey to  ...
Billy Lee Harman

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLAVEY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slavey is used in the context of the following news items.
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Professor who covered up Ben Affleck's slavey roots could be …
The Harvard professor who covered up Ben Affleck's slave-owning ancestors has been condemned for breaching a broadcaster's standards and his future with ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
2
Grammar Wars: The Battle for Less/Fewer
Randy Slavey: I had this discussion with my son. “So milk would be less,” he asked. “Yes, you have less milk in your bowl. Until you start to measure it in discrete ... «GeekDad, Jun 15»
3
Ingots find record holder as Ryan Slavey finds success
HOBART | When the baseball season began, Ryan Slavey told River Forest coach Michael Kosinski that he'd win 10 games this season. Nevermind that in his ... «nwitimes.com, May 15»
4
Slavey, River Forest cruise by rival Lake Station
River Forest's Ryan Slavey pitches Friday against Lake Station in River Forest's 6-0 win in the McDonald's High School Challenge at U.S. Steel Yard in Gary. «nwitimes.com, Apr 15»
5
Ben Affleck Ripped by Larry Wilmore – and His Slave-Owning …
“The great liberal turns positively Nixonian when things get all slavey, slave, slave,” he said, before summoning the ghost of Affleck's great-great-great ... «TheWrap, Apr 15»
6
UVic program aims to revitalize South Slavey language in NWT
March is Aboriginal Languages Month in the Northwest Territories, and a language revival course is opening new doors and possibilities for those who want to ... «CBC.ca, Mar 15»
7
New Life In Old Slavey's Building
The new owners are giving the old building—formerly home to the Roosevelt Tavern and before that Slavey's—a much-needed facelift that includes new beams ... «Idaho Mountain Express and Guide, Feb 15»
8
Marquette gets first 'W' of year against River Forest
Zachary Thompson and Ryan Slavey each scored a team-high 10 points. Fazekas noted the win as a motivator for the team going forward. "It's definitely a ... «The Herald Argus, Dec 14»
9
Remember when? A eulogy for Slavey's
Slavey's, a Main Street Ketchum saloon for many years, saw country music's appeal change over the years. From cry-in-your-beer singing cowboys, to cosmic ... «Idaho Mountain Express and Guide, Nov 14»
10
Islamic State Slaves: Yazidi Girls Sold Into ISIS Slavey Bought Back …
Iraqi Yazidi women who fled the violence in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, sit at a school where they are taking shelter in the Kurdish city of Dohuk in Iraq's ... «International Business Times, Nov 14»

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