slay

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To kill; to murder.
2. To eradicate or stamp out.
3. (informal) To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest).
4. (slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
5. To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.
6. (slang) To have sex with.

Noun

Something excellent, amazing, or fashionable.

Noun

Alternative form of sley

Concepts

tuer

abattre

assassiner

rectifier

occire

dépêcher

supprimer

couper

omettre

se débarasser de

tronquer

égorger

pourfendre

mater

dézinguer

faire la peau

faire l’école buissonnière

liquider

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sleɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English sleen, slayn, from Old English slēan (“to strike, beat, smite, stamp, forge, sting, slay, kill, impact”), from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to fight, strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).
Cognate with Dutch slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), Low German slaan (“hit, strike”), German schlagen (“to beat, hit, strike”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish slå (“to knock, beat, strike”), Icelandic slá (“to strike”). Related to slaughter, onslaught.