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Croatian

adj · name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • US: /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: K R OW0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Croats.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Croatia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Croatian villages

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Croat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Slav

History

Etymology

From Croat + -ian or Croatia + -an.

Across languages

Translations

244 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Kroaties — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Albanian: kroat — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Arabic: كُرُوَاتِيّ (kuruwātiyy) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Armenian: խորվաթական (xorvatʻakan) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Asturian: croata — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Azerbaijani: xorvat — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Basque: kroaziar — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Belarusian: харва́цкі (xarvácki) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Bulgarian: хърва́тски (hǎrvátski) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Burmese: ခရိုအေးရှား (hka.ruie:hra:) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Catalan: croat — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 克羅地亞的 /克罗地亚的 (Kèluódìyà de) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Crimean Tatar: hırvat — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Czech: chorvatský — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Danish: kroatisk — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Dutch: Kroatisch — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Esperanto: kroata — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Estonian: kroatia — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Finnish: kroatialainen — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • French: croate — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Galician: croata — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Georgian: ხორვატული (xorvaṭuli) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • German: kroatisch — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Greek: κροατικός (kroatikós) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Hebrew: קְרוֹאָטִי (kroati) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Hindi: क्रोएशियाई (kroeśiyāī) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Hungarian: horvát — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Icelandic: króatískur — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Indonesian: Kroasia — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Irish: Crótach — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Javanese: Kroasia — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Kashubian: chòrwacczi — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Kazakh: хорват (xorvat) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Khmer: ក្រូអាស៊ី (krouʼaasii) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Kyrgyz: хорват (horvat) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Lao: ໂຄຣເອເຊຍ (khrō ʼē sīa) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Latin: croaticus — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Latvian: horvātu — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Latvian: horvātisks — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Lithuanian: kroatų — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Lithuanian: kroatiškas — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Macedonian: хрватски (hrvatski) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Malay: Croatia — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Marathi: क्रोएशियन (kroeśiyan) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Mongolian: хорват (xorvat) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kroatisk — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kroatisk — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Church Slavic: хрьватьскъ (xrĭvatĭskŭ) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Persian: کروآت (koro-ât) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Polish: chorwacki — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Portuguese: croata — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Romanian: croat — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Russian: хорва́тский (xorvátskij) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Serbo-Croatian: хр̀ва̄тски — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Serbo-Croatian: hr̀vātski — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Slovak: chorvátsky — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Slovene: hrváški — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Spanish: croata — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Swedish: kroatisk — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Tajik: хорватӣ (xorvati) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Thai: โครเอเชีย (kroo-ee-chiia) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Turkmen: horwat — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Ukrainian: хорва́тський (xorvátsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Uyghur: كرودىيە (krodiye) — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Uzbek: xorvat — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Vietnamese: Crô-a-ti-a — of or pertaining to Croatia
  • Afrikaans: Kroaties — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Albanian: gjuha kroate — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Amharic: ክሮሽያንኛ (kərošyanña) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Arabic: كُرُوَاتِيَّة (kuruwātiyya) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Armenian: խորվաթերեն (xorvatʻeren) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Asturian: croata — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Azerbaijani: horvat — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Basque: kroaziera — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Belarusian: харва́цкая мо́ва (xarváckaja móva) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Belarusian: харва́цкая (xarváckaja) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Breton: Kroateg — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Bulgarian: хърватски (hǎrvatski) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Catalan: croat — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Cherokee: ᎧᎶᎠᏥ (kaloatsi) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 克羅地亞語 /克罗地亚语 (kèluōdìyàyǔ) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Crimean Tatar: hırvat tili — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Czech: chorvatština — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Czech: charvátština — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Danish: kroatisk — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Dutch: Kroatisch — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Estonian: horvaadi — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Faroese: Kroatiskt — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Finnish: kroatia — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Finnish: kroaatti — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • French: croate — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • West-Frisian: Kroätysk — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Galician: croata — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Georgian: ხორვატული (xorvaṭuli) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • German: Kroatisch — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • German: Kroadisch — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Greek: κροατικά (kroatiká) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Hebrew: קְרוֹאָטִית (kroatít) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Hindi: क्रोएशियाई (kroeśiyāī) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Hungarian: horvát — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Icelandic: króatíska — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Indonesian: Kroasia — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Irish: Cróitis — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Italian: croato — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Japanese: クロアチア語 (kuroachiago) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Korean: 크로아티아어 (keuroatia'eo) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Latvian: horvātu — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Lithuanian: kroatų — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Lithuanian: chorvatiškai — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Macedonian: хрватски (hrvatski) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Malay: bahasa Croatia — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Maltese: Kroat — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Marathi: क्रोएशियन (kroeśiyan) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Mongolian: хорват (xorvat) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Mongolian: хорвати (xorvati) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Navajo: Kwóóʼad bizaad — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Nepali: क्रोएसियाली (kroesiyālī) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kroatisk — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kroatisk — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Occitan: Croat — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Persian: کروآت (koro-ât) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Polish: (język) chorwacki — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Portuguese: croata — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Romanian: croată — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Russian: хорва́тский (xorvátskij) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Scots: Croatie — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Serbo-Croatian: хр̀ва̄тски — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Serbo-Croatian: hr̀vātski — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Slovak: chorvátčina — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Slovene: hrváščina — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Lower Sorbian: chorwatska rěc — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Lower Sorbian: chorwatšćina — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Upper Sorbian: chorwatska rěč — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Upper Sorbian: chorwatšćina — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Spanish: croata — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Swahili: Kikroashia — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Swedish: kroatiska — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Tamil: சுராவேசியன் (curāvēciyaṉ) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Tatar: Хорват (Xorwat) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Thai: ภาษาคโรเอะ — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Thai: ภาษาโครเอเชีย — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Turkish: Hırvatça — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Ukrainian: хорва́тська (xorvátsʹka) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Urdu: کراتی (krati) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Cro-xi-an — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Walloon: Crowåte — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Welsh: Croataidd — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Afrikaans: Kroaat — person of Croatia
  • Albanian: kroat — person of Croatia
  • Albanian: kroate — person of Croatia
  • Arabic: كُرُوَاتِيّ (kuruwātiyy) — person of Croatia
  • Arabic: كُرُوَاتِيَّة (kuruwātiyya) — person of Croatia
  • Armenian: խորվաթ (xorvatʻ) — person of Croatia
  • Aromanian: cruat — person of Croatia
  • Aromanian: cruatã — person of Croatia
  • Asturian: croata — person of Croatia
  • Azerbaijani: xorvat — person of Croatia
  • Basque: kroaziar — person of Croatia
  • Belarusian: харва́т (xarvát) — person of Croatia
  • Belarusian: харва́тка (xarvátka) — person of Croatia
  • Bulgarian: хърва́тин (hǎrvátin) — person of Croatia
  • Bulgarian: хърва́тка (hǎrvátka) — person of Croatia
  • Catalan: croat — person of Croatia
  • Catalan: croata — person of Croatia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 克羅地亞人 /克罗地亚人 (kèluōdìyàrén) — person of Croatia
  • Crimean Tatar: hırvat — person of Croatia
  • Czech: Chorvat — person of Croatia
  • Czech: Chorvatka — person of Croatia
  • Czech: Charvát — person of Croatia
  • Czech: Charvátka — person of Croatia
  • Danish: kroat — person of Croatia
  • Danish: kroater — person of Croatia
  • Dutch: Kroaat — person of Croatia
  • Dutch: Kroatische — person of Croatia
  • Dutch: Kroaten — person of Croatia
  • Esperanto: kroato — person of Croatia
  • Estonian: horvaat — person of Croatia
  • Faroese: kroati — person of Croatia
  • Finnish: kroaatti — person of Croatia
  • Finnish: kroatialainen — person of Croatia
  • French: Croate — person of Croatia
  • French: Croates — person of Croatia
  • Galician: croata — person of Croatia
  • Georgian: ხორვატი (xorvaṭi) — person of Croatia
  • German: Kroate — person of Croatia
  • German: Kroatin — person of Croatia
  • Gottscheerish: Khərbot — person of Croatia
  • Greek: Κροάτης (Kroátis) — person of Croatia
  • Greek: Κροάτισσα (Kroátissa) — person of Croatia
  • Hebrew: קְרוֹאָטִי (kroati) — person of Croatia
  • Hebrew: קְרוֹאָטִית (kroatít) — person of Croatia
  • Hindi: क्रोएशियाई (kroeśiyāī) — person of Croatia
  • Hindi: क्रोट (kroṭ) — person of Croatia
  • Hungarian: horvát — person of Croatia
  • Icelanfic: Króati — person of Croatia
  • Irish: Crótach — person of Croatia
  • Italian: croato — person of Croatia
  • Italian: croata — person of Croatia
  • Japanese: クロアチア人 (kuroachiajin) — person of Croatia
  • Kazakh: хорват (xorvat) — person of Croatia
  • Korean: 크로아티아인 (keuroatiain) — person of Croatia
  • Korean: 크로아티아 사람 (keuroatia saram) — person of Croatia
  • Kyrgyz: хорват (horvat) — person of Croatia
  • Latvian: horvāts — person of Croatia
  • Latvian: horvātiete — person of Croatia
  • Lithuanian: kroatas — person of Croatia
  • Lithuanian: kroatė — person of Croatia
  • Luxembourgish: Kroat — person of Croatia
  • Luxembourgish: Kroatin — person of Croatia
  • Macedonian: Хрват (Hrvat) — person of Croatia
  • Macedonian: Хрватка (Hrvatka) — person of Croatia
  • Malay: orang Croatia — person of Croatia
  • Marathi: क्रोएशियन (kroeśiyan) — person of Croatia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kroat — person of Croatia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kroat — person of Croatia
  • Persian: کروآت (koro-ât) — person of Croatia
  • Polish: Chorwat — person of Croatia
  • Polish: Chorwatka — person of Croatia
  • Portuguese: croata — person of Croatia
  • Romanian: croat — person of Croatia
  • Romanian: croată — person of Croatia
  • Russian: хорва́т (xorvát) — person of Croatia
  • Russian: хорва́тка (xorvátka) — person of Croatia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Хр̀ва̄т — person of Croatia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Хрва̀тица — person of Croatia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hr̀vāt — person of Croatia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hrvàtica — person of Croatia
  • Slovak: Chorvát — person of Croatia
  • Slovak: Chorvátka — person of Croatia
  • Slovene: Hrvàt — person of Croatia
  • Slovene: Hrvatíca — person of Croatia
  • Spanish: croata — person of Croatia
  • Swedish: kroat — person of Croatia
  • Swedish: kroatiska — person of Croatia
  • Tajik: хорват (xorvat) — person of Croatia
  • Tatar: хорват (xorwat) — person of Croatia
  • Turkish: Hırvat — person of Croatia
  • Turkish: Hırvatistanlı — person of Croatia
  • Turkmen: horwat — person of Croatia
  • Ukrainian: хорва́т (xorvát) — person of Croatia
  • Ukrainian: хорва́тка (xorvátka) — person of Croatia
  • Uyghur: كرودىيىلىك (krodiyilik) — person of Croatia
  • Uzbek: xorvat — person of Croatia
  • Vietnamese: người Crô-a-ti-a — person of Croatia
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