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Croatian

  • /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃən/ UK
  • /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən/ US

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

From Croat + -ian or Croatia + -an.

adjective more Croatian · most Croatian

  1. Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language. Not only is the industry headed in that direction, but in 2021 Bugatti was spun off from Volkswagen Group and merged with Rimac, the Croatian company that makes the all-electric Rimac Nevera supercar.

noun Croatians

  1. An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent. [A law] was enacted, controlling the guardianship of the language and the culture of the ‘Albanians, Catalans, Germanics, Greeks, Slovenians and Croatians and of those speaking French, French-Provencal, Friulan, Ladin, Occitan and Sardinian’[.]

proper noun

  1. A standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Croats.
  2. historical Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Croatia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: croat, bosnian, slav, croatia, zagreb, kuna, federation, croats, cwc, hina, krajina, serbo, dalmatian, hrvatski, croation, serbo-croatian

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adj of or pertaining to Croatia

Españolcroata
中文克羅地亞的 /克罗地亚的 Kèluódìyà de
हिन्दीक्रोएशियाई kroeśiyāī
Portuguêscroata
Françaiscroate
Deutschkroatisch
Ελληνικάκροατικός kroatikós
Românăcroat
Русскийхорва́тский xorvátskij
Tiếng ViệtCrô-a-ti-a
العربيةكُرُوَاتِيّ kuruwātiyy
עבריתקְרוֹאָטִי kroati

noun person of Croatia

Españolcroata
한국어크로아티아인 keuroatiain, 크로아티아 사람 keuroatia saram
日本語クロアチア人 kuroachiajin
中文克羅地亞人 /克罗地亚人 kèluōdìyàrén
हिन्दीक्रोएशियाई kroeśiyāī, क्रोट kroṭ
Portuguêscroata
FrançaisCroate, Croates
DeutschKroate, Kroatin
Italianocroato, croata
ΕλληνικάΚροάτης Kroátis, Κροάτισσα Kroátissa
Românăcroat, croată
Русскийхорва́т xorvát, хорва́тка xorvátka
Tiếng Việtngười Crô-a-ti-a
العربيةكُرُوَاتِيّ kuruwātiyy, كُرُوَاتِيَّة kuruwātiyya
עבריתקְרוֹאָטִי kroati, קְרוֹאָטִית kroatít

name the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian

Españolcroata
한국어크로아티아어 keuroatia'eo
日本語クロアチア語 kuroachiago
中文克羅地亞語 /克罗地亚语 kèluōdìyàyǔ
हिन्दीक्रोएशियाई kroeśiyāī
KiswahiliKikroashia
Portuguêscroata
Françaiscroate
DeutschKroatisch
Italianocroato
Ελληνικάκροατικά kroatiká
Românăcroată
Русскийхорва́тский xorvátskij
Tiếng Việttiếng Cro-xi-an
العربيةكُرُوَاتِيَّة kuruwātiyya
עבריתקְרוֹאָטִית kroatít

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@misc{croatian_2026,
  title = {Croatian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/croatian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}