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slavic

Slav·ic
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [slah-vik, slav-ik]
    • /ˈslɑ vɪk, ˈslæv ɪk/
    • /ˈslɑː.vɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [slah-vik, slav-ik]
    • /ˈslɑ vɪk, ˈslæv ɪk/

Definitions of slavic word

  • noun slavic a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene). 1
  • adjective slavic of or relating to the Slavs or their languages. 1
  • noun slavic Slavonic language 1
  • adjective slavic languages: Slavonic 1
  • adjective slavic Slav: relating to the Slavic peoples 1
  • adjective slavic Something that is Slavic belongs or relates to Slavs. 0
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Origin of slavic

First appearance:

before 1805
One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15; Slav + -ic

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Parts of speech for Slavic

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Slavic

slavic popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

slavic usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • old church slavonic

    the oldest attested Slavic language, an ecclesiastical language written first by Cyril and Methodius in a Bible translation of the 9th century and continued in use for about two centuries. It represents the South Slavic, Bulgarian dialect of 9th-century Salonika with considerable addition of other South and West Slavic elements. Abbreviation: OCS.

  • slav

    one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)

  • church slavic

    a liturgical language used in Eastern Orthodox churches in Slavic countries since the 11th or 12th century, representing a development of Old Church Slavonic through contact with the national Slavic languages.

  • polabian

    a member of a Slavic people who once lived in the Elbe River basin and on the Baltic coast of northern Germany.

  • slovak

    one of a Slavic people dwelling in Slovakia.

  • slovene

    one of a Slavic people dwelling in Slovenia.
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