slow

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
2. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
3. (derogatory, informal) Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
4. Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
6. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
7. Not busy; lacking activity.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
2. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
3. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.

Noun

1. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
2. A slow song.

Adv

Slowly.

Concepts

lent

ralentir

tardif

lentement

décélérer

fastidieux

stupide

doucement

retarder

ennuyeux

lente

freiner

ralenti

lâche

lambin

lenteur

lourd

nonchalant

obtus

progressivement

réfléchi

se refroidir

sourd

tard

adaptable

arriéré

arriérer

barbant

emmerdant

faiblard

se ralentir

slow

en prenant son temps

peu pressé

aisément

qui peut attendre

bête

bouché

calme

derrière

émoussé

ennuyeuse

facile

facilement

frais

froid

🥶

idiot

insouciant

Synonymes

sluggish

dull

tardy

slowly

leisurely

stupid

lazy

slow down

inactive

late

unhurried

delay

slow up

obtuse

slack

dumb

quiet

decelerate

lethargic

dim

dilatory

deliberate

careful

lingering

tedious

gradual

retard

gentle

weak

easy

inert

slothful

indolent

awkward

clumsy

behind

thick

calm

boring

tardily

dawdle

laggard

soft

lagging

gently

slow-witted

be slow

dense

retarded

slacken

Traductions

lento

langsam

lento

langzaam

lento

traag

αργός

despacio

yavaş

devagar

rallentare

lent

tardus

träge

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sləʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: slow

Hérité de ancien anglais: slāw

Appartenant à écossais: slaw

Appartenant à frison occidental: sleau

Appartenant à néerlandais: sleeuw

Appartenant à bas-allemand: slee

Appartenant à allemand: schlehe

Appartenant à danois: sløv

Appartenant à suédois: slö

Appartenant à islandais: sljór

In summary

From Middle English slow, slaw, from Old English slāw (“sluggish, inert, slothful, late, tardy, torpid, slow”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sleyH-u- (“bad”).
Cognate with Scots slaw (“slow”), West Frisian sleau (“slow, dull, lazy”), Dutch sleeuw (“blunt, dull”), Low German slee (“dull, sluggish”), German schlehe, schleh (“dull, exhausted, faint”), Danish sløv (“dull, torpid, drowsy”), Swedish slö (“slack, lazy”), Icelandic sljór (“dim-witted, slow”).

Phrases

Wildlife on the site includes slow worms .

This version of Polar Boy can only slow molecular movement .

Cette version de Polar Boy ne peut que ralentir le mouvement moléculaire.

Consumers and merchants were slow to accept it , and there was minimal marketing .

Les consommateurs et les commerçants étaient lents à l'accepter et il y avait un marketing minimal.