Phrase guide

South Slavic

adj · name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

of or relating to this language family or to the South Slavs.

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name

Meaning 2

A subgrouping of the Slavic language family spoken mainly in the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia) and Bulgaria.

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: паўднёваславя́нскі (pawdnjovaslavjánski) — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Bulgarian: южнославя́нски (južnoslavjánski) — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Czech: jihoslovanský — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Dutch: Zuid-Slavisch — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Finnish: eteläslaavilainen — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • French: slave méridional — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • German: südslawisch — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Hungarian: délszláv — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Macedonian: јужнословенски (južnoslovenski) — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Polish: południowosłowiański — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Russian: южнославя́нский (južnoslavjánskij) — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Serbo-Croatian: јужнословенски — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Serbo-Croatian: јужнославенски — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Serbo-Croatian: južnoslovenski — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Serbo-Croatian: južnoslavenski — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Slovak: južnoslovanský — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Slovene: južnoslovanski — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • Ukrainian: південнослов'я́нський (pivdennoslovʺjánsʹkyj) — of or relating to South Slavic or the South Slavs
  • German: Südslawisch — Translations