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

Signaling a shift in priorities, Trott has already mothballed the Serbian project.

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With Russians holding a controlling stake in NIS, Serbian officials have had to hope their counterparts in Moscow were willing to sell.

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The Serbian center leads the NBA in assists and rebounds and ranks sixth in scoring.

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“The refinery must continue working and a new flow of crude oil must be provided as soon as possible,” said Serbian Energy Minister Dubravka Handanovic.

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Beneath it were the lines "Chilling testimonies of war tourism" and "A Serbian officer offered an Italian journalist the chance to shoot at an elderly woman".

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