Slavonic

[ sluh-von-ik ]

/ sləˈvɒn ɪk /

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adjective

Slavonian.

Slavic.

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Origin of Slavonic

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

OTHER WORDS FROM Slavonic

Sla·von·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby Slavonic

Slavkov, Slavo-, slavocracy, Slavonia, Slavonian, Slavonic, Slavophile, Slavophobe, Slavyansk, slaw, slay

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How to use Slavonic in a sentence

His contributions to various branches of Slavonic history (law, literature, &c.) are very numerous.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
Suffused with the Slavonic spirit and its tincture of Orientalism, the importation assumed a character of its own.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
The delight which the Slavonic nations take in dancing seems to be equally great.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
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.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks

This kind of reserve is a feature of the Slavonic character, which in Chopin's individuality was unusually developed.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks

British Dictionary definitions for Slavonic

Slavonic

esp US Slavic

/ (sləˈvɒnɪk) /

noun

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)

the unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed

adjective

of, denoting, or relating to this group of languages

of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages

Word Origin for Slavonic

C17: from Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia

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