Serbian

American  

[sur-bee-uhn] / ˈsɜr bi ən /

adjective

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

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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 British  

/ ˈsɜːbɪən /

adjective

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

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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

Derived Forms

• pseudo-Serbian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Serbian

First recorded in 1860–65; Serb + -ian

Example Sentences

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama recently argued in a joint op-ed for faster integration in exchange for new members having no veto rights.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Others carried Serbian flags or ones representing their university faculty.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Ukraine's delicate ballad Ridnym includes a breathtaking 30-second-long high note; while Serbian band Lavina unleash a blood-curdling scream at the end of their metalcore ballad, Kraj Mene.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Mladic's son Darko told Serbian media there had been no change in his father's health and he was planning to visit him in the prison hospital next week.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

In October, a combined Austrian-German-Bulgarian invasion finally succeeded in crushing Serbia, occupying the kingdom and driving the defeated remnants of the Serbian army out completely.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman