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Serbo-Croat

/ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊˈkɹəʊæt/

Serbo-Croat proper noun: synonym of Serbo-Croatian.

Proper noun

Serbo-Croat

  1. Synonym of Serbo-Croatian.
    Synonyms:
    Serbo-Croatian

Noun

Serbo-Croat (plural Serbo-Croats)

  1. Synonym of Serbo-Croatian.
    • Of the Serbo-Croats, some are included in the Austrian, some in the Ottoman empire, and two small states govern themselves.1865, [Georgina Muir Mackenzie], [Paulina Irby], edited by Humphry Sandwith, Notes on the South Slavonic Countries in Austria and Turkey in Europe […], Edinburg; London: William Blackwood and Sons...
    • The Slovenes, geographically neighbours and linguistically akin to the Serbo-Croats, are very different from them anthropologically, the Nordic element being predominant among them.1968, J. Cz., “Slavs: Physical Anthropology”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 20 (Schütz to Speke), Chicago, Ill.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; William Benton, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 648, column 1
    Synonyms:
    Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

Serbo-Croat (comparative more Serbo-Croat, superlative most Serbo-Croat)

  1. Synonym of Serbo-Croatian.
    Synonyms:
    Serbo-Croatian

Synonyms of Serbo-Croat

Forms of Serbo-Croat

Noun
pluralSerbo-Croats
Adjective
comparativemore Serbo-Croat
superlativemost Serbo-Croat

Origin of Serbo-Croat

From Serbo- + Croat.

Questions about Serbo-Croat

What does Serbo-Croat mean?
Serbo-Croat means synonym of Serbo-Croatian.
What part of speech is Serbo-Croat?
Serbo-Croat can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Serbo-Croat?
Serbo-Croat is pronounced /ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊˈkɹəʊæt/.

Words near Serbo-Croat in the dictionary

  1. Serbo-Bolshevik
  2. Serbo-Bolsheviks
  3. Serbo-Communism
  4. Serbo-Communist
  5. Serbo-Communists
  6. Serbo-Croat
  7. Serbo-Croatian
  8. Serbo-Croatians
  9. Serbo-Croatism
  10. Serbo-Croatisms
  11. Serbo-Croats

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