esclavage

From French esclavage, for its resemblance to a slave's neck-chains.

esclavage (plural esclavages)

1. A type of chain or bead necklace.

• cleavages

From esclave +‎ -age.

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.kla.vaʒ/

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esclavage m (plural esclavages)

1. slavery (institution or practice of owning human beings)

   réduire quelqu'un en esclavage ― to reduce someone to slavery, to enslave someone

• “esclavage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.