Complete Definition of "sloth"

English

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Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/sl��θ/, SAMPA|/sl@UT/
(General American|US) IPA|/slo�θ/, SAMPA|/sloUT/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��θ|-��θ

Noun
Image:Choloepus hoffmanni.jpg|thumb|A sloth (2)
en-noun|s|-

  1. uncountable laziness|Laziness; slow in the mindset. One of the seven deadly sins (see Wikipedia:Seven deadly sins|Wikipedia article on the seven deadly sins for more details).
  2. countable A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.

Translations
trans-top|laziness
Croatian: lijenost f
Czech: lenost f
Dutch: luiheid f
Estonian: laiskus
Finnish: laiskuus
French: paresse m
German: Trägheit f, Faulheit f
Icelandic: leti f, ómennska f, dugleysi n, déðleysi n
trans-mid
Italian: pigrizia f, (deadly sin) accidia f
Japanese: �� (���, taida)
Portuguese: preguiça f
Russian: лен� (l'en') f, лено��� (l'énost') f deadly sin
Scottish Gaelic: a' corra-leisg f, seothaiche m, leisge f
Serbian: ле�о�� f
Slovene: lenoba f
Spanish: pereza f
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trans-top|mammal
Croatian: ljenjivac m, tipavac m
Czech: lenochod m
Danish: dovendyr
Dutch: luiaard m
Estonian: laiskloom
Finnish: laiskiainen
French: paresseux m, aï m
German: Faultier n
Icelandic: letidýr n
Italian: bradipo m
Japanese: ����� (namakemono)
trans-mid
Korean: �무�보 namuneulbo
Polish: leniwiec m
Portuguese: preguiça f
Russian: лениве� (l'enívec) m
Serbian: ле�ива� m
Slovene: lenivec m
Spanish: perezoso m, pereza f italbrac|Venezuela

Swedish: sengångare c
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See also
w:sloth|Wikipedia article on the sloth

Category:Mammals

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