Standard Lemma guide

Serbo-Croatian

adj · name · noun · 5 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊkɹəʊˈeɪʃən/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

In or pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The South Slavic language of which Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are literary standards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The standard Shtokavian variety of that language first codified in the Vienna Literary Agreement and later used officially in Yugoslavia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A person of Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, or Montenegrin ethnicity or descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Serbo-Croat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language

History

Etymology

From Serbo- + Croatian.

Across languages

Translations

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَرْبُو-كُرُوَاتِيّ (ṣarbū-kuruwātiyy) — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Belarusian: сербскахарва́цкі (sjerbskaxarvácki) — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Belarusian: сэрбскахарва́цкі (serbskaxarvácki) — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Bulgarian: сърбохърва́тски (sǎrbohǎrvátski) — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Catalan: serbocroat — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Catalan: serbocroata — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塞爾維亞-克羅地亞語的 /塞尔维亚-克罗地亚语的 (Sāi'ěrwéiyà-Kèluódìyàyǔ de) — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Czech: srbochorvatský — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Finnish: serbokroaatinkielinen — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • French: serbo-croate — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Galician: serbocroata — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • German: serbokroatisch — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Icelandic: serbókróatískur — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Italian: serbocroato — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Italian: serbo-croato — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Japanese: セルビア・クロアチア (Serbia-Kuroachia) — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Macedonian: српскохр́ватски (srpskohŕvatski) — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Malay: bahasa Serbo-Croat — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: serbokroatisk — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: serbokroatisk — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Polish: serbsko-chorwacki — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Polish: serbochorwacki — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Portuguese: servo-croata — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Portuguese: serbo-croata — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Russian: сербохорва́тский (serboxorvátskij) — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Russian: се́рбско-хорва́тский (sérbsko-xorvátskij) — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Serbo-Croatian: српскохр̀ва̄тскӣ — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Serbo-Croatian: српско-хр̀ва̄тскӣ — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Serbo-Croatian: хрватскосрпски — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Serbo-Croatian: хрватско-српски — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Serbo-Croatian: srpskohr̀vātskī — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Serbo-Croatian: srpsko-hr̀vātskī — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Serbo-Croatian: hrvatskosrpski — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Serbo-Croatian: hrvatsko-srpski — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Slovak: srbochorvátsky — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Slovene: srbohrvaški — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Spanish: serbocroata — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Swedish: serbokroatisk — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Turkish: Sırp-Hırvatça — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Ukrainian: се́рбсько-хорва́тський (sérbsʹko-xorvátsʹkyj) — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Ukrainian: сербохорва́тський (serboxorvátsʹkyj) — pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
  • Arabic: صَرْبُو-كُرُوَاتِيّ (ṣarbū-kuruwātiyy) — South Slavic language
  • Armenian: սերբախորվաթերեն (serbaxorvatʻeren) — South Slavic language
  • Basque: serbokroaziera — South Slavic language
  • Belarusian: сербскахарва́цкая мо́ва (sjerbskaxarváckaja móva) — South Slavic language
  • Belarusian: сэрбскахарва́цкая мо́ва (serbskaxarváckaja móva) — South Slavic language
  • Bengali: সার্বো-ক্রোয়েশীয়-বসনীয় ভাষা (śarbō-krōẇeśiẏ-bośoniẏo bhaśa) — South Slavic language
  • Bulgarian: сърбохърва́тски ези́к (sǎrbohǎrvátski ezík) — South Slavic language
  • Catalan: serbocroat — South Slavic language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塞爾維亞-克羅地亞語 /塞尔维亚-克罗地亚语 (Sāi'ěrwéiyà-Kèluódìyàyǔ) — South Slavic language
  • Czech: srbochorvatština — South Slavic language
  • Danish: serbokroatisk — South Slavic language
  • Dutch: Servo-Kroatisch — South Slavic language
  • Dutch: Servokroatisch — South Slavic language
  • Dzongkha: སོདབ་ཁ (sodb kha) — South Slavic language
  • Farefare: serbokoroatre — South Slavic language
  • Finnish: serbokroaatti — South Slavic language
  • French: serbo-croate — South Slavic language
  • Galician: serbocroata — South Slavic language
  • German: Serbokroatisch — South Slavic language
  • Hebrew: סֶרְבּוֹ־קְרוֹאָטִית (serbo-kro'átit) — South Slavic language
  • Hungarian: szerbhorvát — South Slavic language
  • Icelandic: serbókróatíska — South Slavic language
  • Irish: Seirbea-Chróitis — South Slavic language
  • Italian: serbocroato — South Slavic language
  • Japanese: セルビア・クロアチア (Serbia-Kuroachia) — South Slavic language
  • Japanese: セルビア・クロアチア語 (serbia-kuroachiago) — South Slavic language
  • Japanese: セルボ・クロアチア語 (Serubo-Kuroatiago) — South Slavic language
  • Korean: 세르보크로아트어 (sereubokeuroateueo) — South Slavic language
  • Latvian: serbhorvātu valoda — South Slavic language
  • Macedonian: српскохр́ватски (srpskohŕvatski) — South Slavic language
  • Malay: Serbo-Croat — South Slavic language
  • Malay: bahasa Serbo-Croat — South Slavic language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: serbokroatisk — South Slavic language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: serbokroatisk — South Slavic language
  • Polish: (język) serbsko-chorwacki — South Slavic language
  • Portuguese: servo-croata — South Slavic language
  • Portuguese: serbo-croata — South Slavic language
  • Romanian: sârbocroată — South Slavic language
  • Russian: сербохорва́тский язы́к (serboxorvátskij jazýk) — South Slavic language
  • Russian: се́рбско-хорва́тский язы́к (sérbsko-xorvátskij jazýk) — South Slavic language
  • Scots: Serbo-Croatie — South Slavic language
  • Serbo-Croatian: српскохр̀ва̄тскӣ — South Slavic language
  • Serbo-Croatian: српско-хр̀ва̄тскӣ — South Slavic language
  • Serbo-Croatian: хрватскосрпски — South Slavic language
  • Serbo-Croatian: хрватско-српски — South Slavic language
  • Serbo-Croatian: srpskohr̀vātskī — South Slavic language
  • Serbo-Croatian: srpsko-hr̀vātskī — South Slavic language
  • Serbo-Croatian: hrvatskosrpski — South Slavic language
  • Serbo-Croatian: hrvatsko-srpski — South Slavic language
  • Slovak: srbochorvátčina — South Slavic language
  • Slovene: srbohrvaščina — South Slavic language
  • Spanish: serbocroata — South Slavic language
  • Swedish: serbokroatiska — South Slavic language
  • Swedish: serbo-kroatiska — South Slavic language
  • Turkish: Sırp-Hırvatça — South Slavic language
  • Ukrainian: се́рбсько-хорва́тська мо́ва (sérbsʹko-xorvátsʹka móva) — South Slavic language
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