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slee.

sled, sleigh, wheelless vehicle which glides on land or ice

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/sleː/
  1. sled, sleigh, wheelless vehicle which glides on land or ice

    feminine
  2. a large/prestigious car

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

From older slede, from Middle Dutch slēde, from Old Dutch *slido, from Proto-Germanic *slidô.

noun/sleː/
  1. blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

    masculine
  2. sloe (fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch sleeu, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”); cognate to English sloe, and perhaps with Russian сли́ва (slíva, “plum”).

adj/sleː/
  1. stiff, cramped

  2. blunt

  3. sour

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch slêeu, from Old Dutch *slēw, from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz. Cognate with obsolete German schleh, English slow, Swedish slö.

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