Slavonic

[ sluh-von-ik ]

adjective

1. Slavonian.
2. Slavic.

Slavonic

/ sləˈvɒnɪk /

noun

1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches: South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, etc), East Slavonic (including Ukrainian, Russian, etc), and West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc)
2. the unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed

adjective

1. of, denoting, or relating to this group of languages
2. of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages

Other Words From

• Sla·voni·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of Slavonic¹

1605–15; < New Latin slavonicus, equivalent to Medieval Latin Slavon ( ia ) + -icus -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of Slavonic¹

C17: from Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia

Example Sentences

His contributions to various branches of Slavonic history (law, literature, &c.) are very numerous.

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Suffused with the Slavonic spirit and its tincture of Orientalism, the importation assumed a character of its own.

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The delight which the Slavonic nations take in dancing seems to be equally great.

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It has been said that a simple Slavonic peasant can be enticed by his national songs from one end of the world to the other.

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This kind of reserve is a feature of the Slavonic character, which in Chopin's individuality was unusually developed.

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