Serbian

[sur-bee-uhn]

adjective

1. of or relating to Serbia, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.

2. Serbo-Croatian, especially as spoken and written in Serbia.

Serbian

/ ˈsɜːbɪən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Serbia, its people, or their language (formerly regarded as a dialect of Serbo-Croat)

noun

1. the language spoken in Serbia

2. 1. a native or inhabitant of Serbia

   2. a speaker of the Serbian language

Usage

See See at Bosnian

Other Word Forms

• pseudo-Serbian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Serbian¹

First recorded in 1860–65; Serb + -ian

Example Sentences

BBC Sport looks at the reasons for Serbia's punishments - and the history of racism England have faced against Serbian national teams before.

From BBC

They can only apply for asylum in the Serbian capital Belgrade, or in Kyiv in war battered Ukraine.

From BBC

Since 2023, RT has opened a bureau in Algeria, launched a TV service in Serbian, and started free training programmes aimed at journalists from Africa, Southeast Asia, India, and China.

From BBC

The family had been displaced from their home and were squatting in an abandoned apartment, its former Serbian residents having long since fled.

From Salon

A large section of Serbians have long been uneasy with his "strongman" style of leadership, since he came to power in 2012.

From BBC