Slavic
[ slah-vik, slav-ik ]
noun
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, Slovenian). Abbreviations: Slav, Slav.
adjective
of or relating to the Slavs or their languages.
Origin of Slavic
1- Also Slavonic.
Other words from Slavic
- an·ti-Slav·ic, adjective, noun
- non-Slav·ic, adjective
- pro-Slav·ic, adjective, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for Slavic
Slavic
/ (ˈslɑːvɪk) /
noun, adjective
another word (esp US) for Slavonic
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