Slavic

[ slah-vik, slav-ik ]

noun
  1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian). Abbreviations: Slav, Slav.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Slavs or their languages.

Origin of Slavic

1
First recorded in 1805–15; Slav + -ic

Other words from Slavic

  • an·ti-Slav·ic, adjective, noun
  • non-Slav·ic, adjective
  • pro-Slav·ic, adjective, noun

Words Nearby Slavic

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British Dictionary definitions for Slavic

Slavic

/ (ˈslɑːvɪk) /


noun, adjective
  1. another word (esp US) for Slavonic

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