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Chakavian

Chakavian proper noun: one of the main supradialects spoken in Croatia.

Proper noun

Chakavian

  1. One of the main supradialects spoken in Croatia.

Noun

Chakavian (plural Chakavians)

  1. speaker of Chakavian, or a native of southern and coastal Croatia.

Adjective

Chakavian (comparative more Chakavian, superlative most Chakavian)

  1. of or pertaining to Chakavians or their language.

Forms of Chakavian

Proper noun
alternative formČakavian
Noun
pluralChakavians
Adjective
comparativemore Chakavian
superlativemost Chakavian

Origin of Chakavian

From the Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun ča (“what”).

Questions about Chakavian

What does Chakavian mean?
Chakavian means one of the main supradialects spoken in Croatia.
What part of speech is Chakavian?
Chakavian can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.

Words near Chakavian in the dictionary

  1. chakalaka
  2. chakana
  3. chakanas
  4. Chakarian
  5. Chakarians
  6. Chakavian
  7. Chakavians
  8. Chakavski
  9. chakazi
  10. chakazzi
  11. chakchouka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chakavian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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