Serb
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Serb
- /sɝb/ US
- /sɜːb/ UK
- /səːb/ British, Southern, Standard
- /sɛɾb/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)b
Where it comes from
From Serbo-Croatian Срби /Srbi, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ (“ally, Serb, Sorb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to protect, watch over”); akin to Latin servo (“to guard, to protect”), Old English searu (“weapons, armor”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman”), Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haᵘruuaⁱti, “to guard”). Doublet of Sorb.
noun Serbs
- A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.) No one knows where Serbian Prince Lazar fell, but a stone tower honors him and the other "heroes of Kosovo." In the summer of 1989 on the 600th anniversary of the battle a million Serbs came to this hilltop.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Serbs; Serbian. A prominent Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, was shot dead outside his party offices Tuesday morning, halting talks between Kosovar and Serb delegates that had been set to resume that day.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: serbian, slovene, croat, montenegrin, yugoslavian, bosnian, cypriot, bosnia, serbia, tribe, ethnic, karadzic, republika, serbians, svk, serbo-croatian
Translations
Every language
noun person of Serb descent — see also Serbian
| Español | serbio, serbia, servio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 세르비아인 sereubiain, 세르비아 사람 sereubia saram |
| 日本語 | セルビア人 serubiajin |
| 中文 | 塞爾維亞人 /塞尔维亚人 sài'ěrwéiyàrén, 塞族 Sàizú |
| हिन्दी | सर्ब sarb |
| Português | sérvio, sérvia |
| Français | Serbe |
| Deutsch | Serbe, Serbin |
| Italiano | serbo |
| Ελληνικά | Σέρβος Sérvos |
| Română | sârb, sârbă, sârboaică |
| Русский | серб serb, се́рбка sérbka |
| Tiếng Việt | người Xéc-bi |
| العربية | صِرْبِيّ ṣirbiyy, صِرْبِيَّة ṣirbiyya |
| עברית | סרבי servi, סרבית servít |
Talk about this word "Serb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/serb. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Serb. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/serb "Serb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/serb.Cite this
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title = {Serb},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/serb},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
