Slavic
/ˈslɑːvɪk/
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British/ˈslɑːvɪk/
Slavic adjective: of the Slavs, their cultures, or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.
Adjective
Slavic (comparative more Slavic, superlative most Slavic)
- Of the Slavs, their cultures, or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.
- Forty-five-year-old Maria Sedlakova, a small dark roly-poly woman with high cheekbones in a very Slavic face, interrupted furiously.1971, Michel Salomon, translated by Helen Eustis, “Prelude: Death of a Regime . . . June–December 1967”, in Prague Notebook: The Strangled Revolution, Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and...
- Synonyms:
- Slav
Noun
Slavic (uncountable)
- Any of various languages spoken by the Slavic peoples, such as Proto-Slavic, Common Slavic, Old Church Slavic, or the modern Slavic languages.
- It is a commonly known fact that formal marks of perfective aspect in Slavic are prefixes.
- Belter is composed mainly of Chinese, Japanese, Slavic, Germanic, and romance languages because Earth's most common tongues would be the ones to survive to form the new brogue of the cosmos.2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022
Slavic meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Pashto
Slavic in Hindi
- of the Slavs, their culture or languages
- स्लाव slāv, स्लावी slāvī
Slavic in Urdu
- of the Slavs, their culture or languages
- سلاو slāv, سلاوی slāvī
Slavic in Bengali
- of the Slavs, their culture or languages
- স্লাভিক slabhik, স্লাভীয় slabhiẏo
Slavic in Pashto
- of the Slavs, their culture or languages
- سلاو sláw, اسلاو esláw
More languagesFewer languages
- Slavic in Tagalog
- Eslabo
- Slavic in Arabic
- سْلَافِيّ slāfiyy, صَقْلَبِيّ ṣaqlabiyy
- Slavic in Persian
- اسلاو eslâv
- Slavic in Thai
- สลาฟ sà-láaf
- Slavic in Vietnamese
- Xla-vơ
- Slavic in Myanmar
- ဆလဗ hca.la.ba.
Synonyms of Slavic
Forms of Slavic
| comparative | more Slavic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Slavic |
| alternative form | Sl. |
Origin of Slavic
From Slav + -ic. Piecewise doublet of slavey.
Words formed from Slavic
Phrases with Slavic
Words that rhyme with Slavic
Questions about Slavic
- What does Slavic mean?
- Slavic means of the Slavs, their cultures, or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.
- What is Slavic in Hindi?
- Slavic in Hindi is स्लाव (slāv), स्लावी (slāvī). See Slavic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Slavic?
- Slavic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Slavic?
- Slavic is pronounced /ˈslɑːvɪk/.
Words near Slavic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Slavic (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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