Word.ws English Dictionary

Slovenism

Slovenism noun: a linguistic feature of Slovene language, especially a Slovene idiom or phrasing that appears in some other language.

Noun

Slovenism (countable and uncountable, plural Slovenisms)

  1. (countable, rhetoric) A linguistic feature of Slovene language, especially a Slovene idiom or phrasing that appears in some other language.
  2. (uncountable, usually) An attitude, custom, or other feature that is characteristic for Slovene people.
  3. (uncountable, usually) Esteem for and emulation of Slovene cultural and ethnic heritage.

Forms of Slovenism

pluralSlovenisms

Origin of Slovenism

From Slovene + -ism.

Questions about Slovenism

What does Slovenism mean?
Slovenism means a linguistic feature of Slovene language, especially a Slovene idiom or phrasing that appears in some other language.
What part of speech is Slovenism?
Slovenism is a noun.
What is the plural of Slovenism?
The plural of Slovenism is Slovenisms.

Words near Slovenism in the dictionary

  1. Slovenia
  2. Slovenian
  3. Slovenian Sign Language
  4. Slovenianness
  5. Slovenians
  6. Slovenism
  7. Slovenisms
  8. Slovenistics
  9. slovenlier
  10. slovenliest
  11. slovenlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Slovenism (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Slovenism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/slovenism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.