Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sləˈvɒ.nɪk/
- (US) IPA(key): /sləˈvɑ.nɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
- Hyphenation: Sla‧vo‧nic, Sla‧von‧ic
Proper noun
Slavonic
- (dated) A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches:
- South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, etc.)
- East Slavonic (including Ukrainian, Russian, etc.), and
- West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc.)
- (dated) The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.
Synonyms
- (a branch of Indo-European languages):
- (hypothesized mother tongue of Slavic languages):
Translations
unrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
Adjective
Slavonic (not comparable)
- Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages.
- Synonym: Slavic
- Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.
- Synonym: Slavic