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Slavic

Syllabification: (Slav·ic)
Pronunciation: /ˈslävik/

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Definition of Slavic

adjective

  • of, relating to, or denoting the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Russian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian ( East Slavic), Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Sorbian ( West Slavic), and Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, and Slovene ( South Slavic).
  • of, relating to, or denoting the peoples of central and eastern Europe who speak any of these languages.

noun

  • the Slavic languages collectively. See also Slavonic.

Slavic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Slavic in the British & World English dictionary