Slovene

British  

/ sləʊˈviːn /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Slovenia, its people, or their language

---

noun

1. Also: Slovenian.  a South Slavonic language spoken in Slovenia, closely related to Croatian

2. 1. a native or inhabitant of Slovenia

   2. a speaker of Slovene

Example Sentences

Victoria Harrison has until the summer to become fluent in Slovene before taking up her post in the capital city, Ljubljana.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2024

Rupnik still enjoys a strong web of supporters, some of whom have sought to discredit the Slovene accusers by questioning their mental health, according to another piece of Libanori correspondence.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2022

The compromise result, said Slovene minister Joze Potgorsek who chaired the talks, “will allow us to maintain fish stocks at sustainable levels while also protecting the livelihoods of European fishing fleets.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021

Things came to a head in 2007, when the Slovene alpinist Marko Prezelj refused to accept the Piolet d’Or.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2021

The provincial administration of Carinthia, for instance, was in 1914 maintaining three Slovene schools and six hundred and twelve German schools, although the Slovenes formed one-third of the population.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Baerlein, Henry