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Glagolitic

adj · name · 3 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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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɡlæɡəʊˈlɪtɪk/
  • General-American: /ˌɡlæɡəˈlɪtɪk/
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adj

Meaning 1

Of or written with the Glagolitic alphabet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

Denoting Slavic Roman Catholic rites in Dalmatia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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name

Meaning 3

The oldest known Slavonic alphabet, designed around 862–863 by Saint Cyril in order to translate the Bible and other texts into Old Church Slavonic. Mostly replaced by Cyrillic alphabet in Orthodox Christian Slavic countries, but still in use in the Croatian Church along the Dalmatian coast, in Czech and Croatian recensions of Church Slavic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin glagoliticus, from Old Church Slavonic глаголица (glagolica), from глаголъ (glagolŭ, “word, speech”), Glagolitic spelling ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰻⱌⰰ (glagolica).

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: глаголически (glagoličeski) — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Catalan: glagolític — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Dutch: Glagolitisch — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Finnish: glagoliittinen — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • French: glagolitique — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Galician: glagolítico — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • German: glagolitisch — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Greek: γλαγολιτικός (glagolitikós) — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Hungarian: glagolita — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Irish: Glagalach — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Italian: glagolitico — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Macedonian: глаголичен (glagoličen) — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Macedonian: глаголски (glagolski) — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Polish: głagolicki — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Polish: głagoliczny — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Portuguese: glagolítico — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Russian: глаголи́ческий (glagolíčeskij) — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Slovak: hlaholský — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Spanish: glagolítico — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Swedish: glagolitisk — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Ukrainian: глаголи́чний (hlaholýčnyj) — of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet
  • Arabic: أَبْجَدِيَّة غْلَاغُولِيتْسِيَّة (ʔabjadiyya ḡlāḡūlitsiyya) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Belarusian: глаго́ліца (hlahólica) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Bulgarian: глаго́лица (glagólica) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Catalan: glagolític — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Catalan: alfabet glagolític — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Catalan: glagolitsa — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 格拉哥里字母 (gélāgēlǐ zìmǔ) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Czech: hlaholice — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Dutch: Glagolitisch — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Esperanto: Glagolico — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Finnish: glagoliittinen kirjaimisto — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Finnish: glagolitsa — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • French: glagol — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • French: alphabet glagolitique — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • French: glagolitsa — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Galician: glagolítico — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Galician: glagolitza — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Georgian: გლაგოლიცა (glagolica) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • German: Glagoliza — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Greek: Γλαγολιτικό αλφάβητο (Glagolitikó alfávito) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Hungarian: glagolita — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Hungarian: glagolita ábécé — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Italian: glagolitico — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Japanese: グラゴル文字 (guragoru moji) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Kazakh: глаголица (glagolisa) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Korean: 글라골 문자 (geullagol munja) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Kyrgyz: глаголица (glagolitsa) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Latin: Abecedarium Glagoliticum — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Latvian: glagolica — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Lithuanian: glagolica — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Macedonian: глаголица (glagolica) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Church Slavic: глаголица (glagolica) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Church Slavic: ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰻⱌⰰ (glagolica) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Polish: głagolica — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Portuguese: glagolítico — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Romanian: glagoliță — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Russian: глаго́лица (glagólica) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Serbo-Croatian: глаго̀љица — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Serbo-Croatian: буквица — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Serbo-Croatian: glagòljica — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Serbo-Croatian: bukvica — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Slovak: hlaholika — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Slovene: glagolica — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Spanish: glagolítico — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Spanish: glagolitsa — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Swedish: glagolitiskt alfabet — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
  • Ukrainian: глаго́лиця (hlahólycja) — the oldest known Slavonic alphabet
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