esclavage

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

esclavage

from slave and -age, from Latin sclavus ("slave"). The first slaves were Slavs, so they have left their name to slaves and slavery.

Definitions

Plural

esclavages

Translations

  • germangerman:Sklaverei
  • englishenglish:slavery
  • arabicarabic:الرق
  • danishdanish:slaveri
  • spanishspanish:esclavitud
  • italianitalian:schiavitù
  • dutchdutch:slavernij
  • russianrussian:рабство
  • swedishswedish:träldom

See also

esclavager (v.) esclavages (v.) antiesclavagiste (adj.) antiesclavagiste (cn.) esclavagiste (adj.) esclavagiste (cn.) esclavagisme (cn.)