adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American:/sɝb/
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Received-Pronunciation:/sɜːb/
British, Southern, Standard:/səːb/
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Scotland:/sɛɾb/
rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)b
CMU ARPABET:S ER1 B
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to the Serbs; Serbian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Serbian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Slav
History
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian Srbi, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ (“ally, Serb, Sorb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to protect, watch over”); akin to Latin servo (“to guard, to protect”), Old English searu (“weapons, armor”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman”), Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraiti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hauruuaiti, “to guard”). Doublet of Sorb.
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Serwiër
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Albanian:
serb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Albanian:
serbe
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Arabic:
صِرْبِيّ
(ṣirbiyy)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Arabic:
صِرْبِيَّة
(ṣirbiyya)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Armenian:
սերբ
(serb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Middle Armenian:
սերֆ
(serf)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Asturian:
serbiu
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Asturian:
serbia
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Azerbaijani:
serb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Belarusian:
серб
(sjerb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Belarusian:
се́рбка
(sjérbka)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Belarusian:
сэрб
(serb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Belarusian:
сэ́рбка
(sérbka)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Bengali:
সার্ব
(śarbo)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Bulgarian:
съ́рбин
(sǎ́rbin)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Bulgarian:
сръбки́ня
(srǎbkínja)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Bulgarian:
сръ́бче
(srǎ́bče)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Bulgarian:
съ́рбинче
(sǎ́rbinče)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Bulgarian:
сръбки́нче
(srǎbkínče)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Catalan:
serb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Catalan:
serba
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Chinese Mandarin:
塞爾維亞人 /塞尔维亚人
(sāi'ěrwéiyàrén)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Chinese Mandarin:
塞族
(Sàizú)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Czech:
Srb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Czech:
Srbka
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Danish:
serber
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Dutch:
Serviër
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Dutch:
Servische
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Esperanto:
serbo
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Esperanto:
serbino
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Estonian:
serblane
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Faroese:
serbi
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Finnish:
serbi
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
French:
Serbe
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Galician:
serbio
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Georgian:
სერბი
(serbi)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
German:
Serbe
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
German:
Serbin
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Greek:
Σέρβος
(Sérvos)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Hebrew:
סרבי
(servi)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Hebrew:
סרבית
(servít)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Hindi:
सर्ब
(sarb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Hungarian:
szerb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Icelandic:
Serbi
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Interlingua:
serbo
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Irish:
Seirbiach
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Italian:
serbo
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Japanese:
セルビア人
(serubiajin)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Kazakh:
серб
(serb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Korean:
세르비아인
(sereubiain)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Korean:
세르비아 사람
(sereubia saram)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Central Kurdish:
سربی
(sirbî)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Northern Kurdish:
sirbî
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Kyrgyz:
серб
(serb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Latvian:
serbs
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Latvian:
serbiete
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Lithuanian:
serbas
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Lithuanian:
serbė
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Macedonian:
Србин
(Srbin)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Macedonian:
Србинка
(Srbinka)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Manx:
Serbagh
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Mongolian:
серб
(serb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Mongolian:
ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ
(serbi)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Norwegian Bokmål:
serber
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Pashto:
صرب
(serb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Persian:
صرب
(serb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Polish:
Serb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Polish:
Serbka
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Portuguese:
sérvio
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Portuguese:
sérvia
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Romanian:
sârb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Romanian:
sârbă
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Romanian:
sârboaică
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Russian:
серб
(serb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Russian:
се́рбка
(sérbka)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Serbo-Croatian:
Ср̏бин
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Serbo-Croatian:
Ср̏пкиња
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Serbo-Croatian:
Sȑbin
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Serbo-Croatian:
Sȑpkinja
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Sicilian:
serbu
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Sicilian:
serba
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Slovak:
Srb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Slovak:
Srbka
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Slovene:
Sŕb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Slovene:
Sŕbkinja
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Lower Sorbian:
Serb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Lower Sorbian:
Serbowka
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Spanish:
serbio
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Spanish:
serbia
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Spanish:
servio
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Swedish:
serb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Swedish:
serbiska
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Tagalog:
Serbyo
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Tagalog:
Serbo-Croatian
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Turkish:
Sırp
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Turkish:
Sırbistanlı
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Ottoman Turkish:
صرپ
(sırp)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Turkmen:
serb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Ukrainian:
се́рбин
(sérbyn)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Ukrainian:
серб
(serb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Ukrainian:
се́рбка
(sérbka)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Uyghur:
سېرب
(sërb)
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Vietnamese:
người Xéc-bi
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
Vilamovian:
Serb
— person of Serb descent — see also Serbian