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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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adj
Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages, their languages, or cultures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: Slavic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: Slavic
Antonyms: none provided
name
A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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name
The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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adjective
of or relating to Slavic languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Slavic
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noun
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic
Narrower terms: Old Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavic, Church Slavic, Old Bulgarian, Russian, Belarusian, Byelorussian, White Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovak, Czech, Slovene, Serbo-Croat, Serbo-Croatian, Sorbian, Lusatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian
History
From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia.
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
