Slav·ic

(slä′vĭk)

adj.

1. Of or relating to the Slavs or their languages.

2. Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes such languages as Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Polish, and is composed of the East Slavic, South Slavic, and West Slavic subdivisions.

The Slavic branch of Indo-European.

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Slavic

(ˈslɑːvɪk)

n, adj

1. (Languages) another word (esp US) for Slavonic

2. (Peoples) another word (esp US) for Slavonic

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Slav•ic

(ˈslɑ vɪk, ˈslæv ɪk)

n.

1. a family of languages, a branch of the Indo-European family, that includes Polish, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, and Russian. Compare East Slavic, South Slavic, West Slavic.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to Slavic or its speakers.

3. of or pertaining to the Slavs: Slavic customs.

[1805–15]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Slavic - a branch of the Indo-European family of languages Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic - a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages Church Slavic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic, Old Church Slavonic - the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century Russian - the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia Belarusian, Byelorussian, White Russian - the Slavic language spoken in Belarus Ukrainian - the Slavic language spoken in the Ukraine Polish - the Slavic language of Poland Slovak - the Slavic language spoken in Slovakia Czech - the Slavic language of Czechs Slovene - the Slavic language of Slovenes Serbo-Croat, Serbo-Croatian - the Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet Lusatian, Sorbian - a Slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany Macedonian - the Slavic language of modern Macedonia Bulgarian - a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria
Adj.	1.	Slavic - of or relating to Slavic languages Slavonic

Translations

slovanský

Slavic

[ˈslɑːvɪk]

A. ADJ → eslavo

B. N (Ling) → eslavo m

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Slavic

[ˈslɑːvɪk] adj → slave

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Slavic

adj → slawisch

n → das Slawische

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