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esclave

Pronunciation: /ɛs.klav/

“esclave” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. slave

In French

  1. Celui ou celle qui par sa naissance ou par sa capture n’est pas de condition libre ou que la violence a mis sous la puissance absolue d’un maître.
  2. Prolétaire opprimé et exploité.
  3. Personne qu'on traite comme étant entièrement à sa disposition, sans liberté aucune.
  4. Élément vers lequel on synchronise, par opposition au maître.
  5. Langue amérindienne de la famille dénée.
  6. Soumis, servile.
  7. Qualifie une personne est attachée à ses devoirs ou à ses promesses.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French esclave, from Old French esclave (12th c.), a borrowing from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“Slav”). Doublet of slave. Chiefly a learned word, therefore not generally developed regularly into éclave, though this form is attested in Early Modern French.

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