My father used to make sloe wine.
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Sloe
//ˈsloʊ//
Synonyms for "sloe" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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3 entriesis a
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8 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 47 languages.
Abaza
1 entries- дзхӏвы noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Albanian
1 entries- kullumbri noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βράβυλον noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Aragonese
1 entries- arañón noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Armenian
2 entries- կոկան noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- մամուխ noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Asturian
2 entries- andrín noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- prunu noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- göyəm noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Bashkir
1 entries- күгэн noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Breton
1 entries- irin noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Bulgarian
1 entries- трънка noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Catalan
1 entries- aranyó noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Chagatai
1 entries- كوگم noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Cornish
1 entries- eyrin noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Czech
1 entries- trnka noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Dutch
2 entries- slee noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- sleepruim noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Esperanto
1 entries- prunelo noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Finnish
3 entries- luumu noun (tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit)
- oratuomen marja noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- oratuomenmarja noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
French
1 entries- prunelle noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Gagauz
2 entries- güven noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- гӱвен noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Galician
4 entries- abruñeiro noun (tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit)
- abruño noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- agruñeiro noun (tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit)
- agruño noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Georgian
1 entries- კვრინჩხი noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
German
1 entries- Schlehe noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Hungarian
1 entries- kökény noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Icelandic
1 entries- þyrniplóma noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Irish
1 entries- airne noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Italian
1 entries- prugnola noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Kumyk
1 entries- гоган noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Lak
1 entries- бухъ noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Middle English
1 entries- slo noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Nogai
1 entries- көген noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Occitan
3 entries- agragnou noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- aragnou noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- aranhon noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Old Irish
1 entries- áirne noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Ossetian
1 entries- какон noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- گووم noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- گوگم noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Persian
3 entries- آلوچه noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- آلوچه جنگلی noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- گوجه وحشی noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schlee noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Polish
4 entries- ciarka noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- cierniówka noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- tarka noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- tarnina noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Portuguese
3 entries- abrunheiro noun (tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit)
- abrunho noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- abrunho noun (tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit)
Romani
1 entries- mamux noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Russian
2 entries- терно́вая я́года noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- тёрн noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Slovene
4 entries- opȃrnica noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- trnólja noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- trnóljica noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- trnúlja noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Spanish
3 entries- arañón noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- endrina noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- endrino noun (tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit)
Swedish
1 entries- slånbär noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Tatar
1 entries- күгэн noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Turkish
3 entries- güvem noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- güğem noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- çakaleriği noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Ukrainian
2 entries- терен noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- тернова ягода noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Welsh
2 entries- eirin duon noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- eirin duon bach noun (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
There is also a dryness in the mouth from the increased action of the absorbent vessels, when a sloe or a crab-apple are masticated...
Source: wiktionary
The dew-drops fell like water, leaf after leaf dropped from the trees, the sloe-thorn alone still bore fruit, but the sloes were sour, and set the teeth on edge. Oh, how dark and weary the whole world appeared!
Source: wiktionary
Katúsha, with her eyes black as sloes, her face radiant with joy, was flying towards him, and they caught hold of each other's hands.
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