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Slavonic

  • /sləˈvɒ.nɪk/ UK
  • /sləˈvɑ.nɪk/ US

Rhymes with -ɒnɪk

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia.

proper noun Sclavonic · Sclavonick

  1. 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.)

    Similar: Slavic, Proto-Slavic, Old Slavonic, Common Slavic, Common Slavonic

  2. dated The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.

adjective Sclavonic · Sclavonick

  1. not comparable Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages, their languages, or cultures. Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].

    Similar: Slavic

  2. not comparable Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.

    Similar: Slavic

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name unrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages

Portuguêseslavo comum, protoeslavo, eslavônico, eslavónico
Françaisslavon, vieux slave, esclavon, paléoslave
Italianoslavonico
Русскийпраславя́нский язы́к praslavjánskij jazýk, общеславя́нский язы́к obščeslavjánskij jazýk

adj related to Slavonia

Portuguêseslavônio, eslavónio, eslavônico, eslavónico
Françaisslavon
Русскийславо́нский slavónskij

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@misc{slavonic_2026,
  title = {Slavonic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slavonic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}