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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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the language spoken in Serbia
    1. a native or inhabitant of Serbia
    2. a speaker of the Serbian language
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

See See at Bosnian
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Other Words From

  • pseudo-Serbi·an adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Serbian1

First recorded in 1860–65; Serb + -ian
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Example Sentences

A Kosovo government measure set to take effect on Monday would have required Serbs living in northern Kosovo to apply for local license plates, replacing their Serbian ones.

From Time

Like most of the Serbian center’s best plays, it begs for metaphor — a boulder running a slalom course, maybe — but the bare-bones breakdown is plenty fun on its own.

They had thought about boycotting the Open after his deportation but instead decided to support the remaining Serbian players.

Some Djokovic supporters with Serbian flags gathered outside the hotel where he was being held, while others used the opportunity to criticize Australia’s border policies, holding signs with slogan like “Free the refugees.”

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The 34-year-old Serbian is one of the greatest tennis players ever to grip a racket.

As with his Serbian prediction, Paul was absolutely correct when it came to Spain: Germany lost, 1-0.

In April last year, he sank his teeth into a Serbian player, Branislav Ivanovic, in the Premier League.

In a nod to existing Cold War tensions, Gozer is played by Serbian model Slavitza Jovan.

Wildstein wrote of the Fort Lee mayor, “It will be a tough November for this little Serbian.”

In it we crossed the Croatian lines, then the Serbian lines.

As the Serbian delegate's knowledge of French was also very limited he could not readily understand.

I use here as an example a Serbian delegate, not that the Serbian delegates were more prone to passion than anybody else.

But until the road to Constantinople was open, until the Serbian nuisance was abolished, peace could not be considered.

Three days later the Serbian army was well on the road over the frontier toward the Bulgarian capital.

The wonderful victories of the Serbian and Bulgarian armies were the surprise and wonder of the world at the time.

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