Serbo-Croatian
/ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊkɹəʊˈeɪʃən/
Serbo-Croatian proper noun: the South Slavic language of which Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are literary standards.
Proper noun
Serbo-Croatian
- The South Slavic language of which Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are literary standards.
- The standard Shtokavian variety of that language first codified in the Vienna Literary Agreement and later used officially in Yugoslavia.
Noun
Serbo-Croatian (plural Serbo-Croatians)
- A person of Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, or Montenegrin ethnicity or descent.
- These conditions exist to some extent among other foreigners, but are not as prevalent among other nationalities in Johnstown as among the Serbo-Croatians.1915, Emma Duke, U. S. Department of Labor, Children’s Bureau: Infant Mortality: Results of a Field Study in Johnstown, Pa., Based on Births in One Calendar Year (Infant Mortality Series No. 3...
- Of 41 members of the Dalmatian Diet, only 6 were Italians, elected all in the town of Zadar, in consequence of the censitary and curial system of elections, and 35 were Serbo-Croatians. All the deputies sent to the Vienna Parliament were Serbo-Croatians.1919, The National Claims of the Serbians, Croatians and Slovenes, page 28
Adjective
Serbo-Croatian (comparative more Serbo-Croatian, superlative most Serbo-Croatian)
- In or pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language.
- Synonyms:
- Croato-Serbian
Serbo-Croatian meaning in Bengali, Arabic and Malay
Serbo-Croatian in Bengali
- South Slavic language
- সার্বো-ক্রোয়েশীয়-বসনীয় ভাষা śarbō-krōẇeśiẏ-bośoniẏo bhaśa
Serbo-Croatian in Arabic
- South Slavic language
- صَرْبُو-كُرُوَاتِيّ ṣarbū-kuruwātiyy
- pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
- صَرْبُو-كُرُوَاتِيّ ṣarbū-kuruwātiyy
Serbo-Croatian in Malay
- South Slavic language
- Serbo-Croat, bahasa Serbo-Croat
- pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language
- bahasa Serbo-Croat
More languagesFewer languages
- Dzongkha
- སོདབ་ཁ sodb kha
Examples of Serbo-Croatian in a sentence
- There was a respectable smattering of Italians, a few Poles and Germans, one Serbo-Croatian, and an Englishman named Bill Bishop, whose sidekick I became.2003, Paul E. Dinter, The Other Side of the Altar: One Man’s Life in the Catholic Priesthood, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
- […]the illiteracy rate of Polish adults was 40 percent and among Serbo-Croatians was 77 percent, but among Germans only 6 percent.2005, Thomas Sowell, Black Rednecks and White Liberals, Encounter Books, →ISBN:
- The country has small groups of ethnic minorities of Italians, Serbo-Croatians, Greeks, Spanish, and about 98,000 Jews.2008, Carolyn Erickson D’Avanzo, Cultural Health Assessment (Mosby’s Pocket Guide Series), 4th edition, Mosby, →ISBN, page 270:
Synonyms of Serbo-Croatian
Forms of Serbo-Croatian
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Serbocroatian |
| alternative form | SCr. |
| Noun | |
| plural | Serbo-Croatians |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Serbo-Croatian |
| superlative | most Serbo-Croatian |
Origin of Serbo-Croatian
From Serbo- + Croatian.
Phrases with Serbo-Croatian
Questions about Serbo-Croatian
- What does Serbo-Croatian mean?
- Serbo-Croatian means the South Slavic language of which Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are literary standards.
- What is Serbo-Croatian in Bengali?
- Serbo-Croatian in Bengali is সার্বো-ক্রোয়েশীয়-বসনীয় ভাষা (śarbō-krōẇeśiẏ-bośoniẏo bhaśa). See Serbo-Croatian meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use Serbo-Croatian in a sentence?
- There was a respectable smattering of Italians, a few Poles and Germans, one Serbo-Croatian, and an Englishman named Bill Bishop, whose sidekick I became.
- What part of speech is Serbo-Croatian?
- Serbo-Croatian can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Serbo-Croatian?
- Serbo-Croatian is pronounced /ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊkɹəʊˈeɪʃən/.
Words near Serbo-Croatian in the dictionary
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