- another word (esp US) for Slavonic
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
Slav•ic /ˈslɑvɪk, ˈslævɪk/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [uncountable]
- Language Varietiesa family of languages that includes Polish, Czech, and Russian.
Slav•ic
(slä′vik, slav′ik),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Language Varietiesa branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene). Abbr.: Slav
adj.
- Language Varietiesof or pertaining to the Slavs or their languages.
- Slavic + -ic 1805–15
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Slavic /ˈslɑːvɪk/ n , adj
'Slavic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Belarus
- Glagolitic
- hamster
- kike
- kvass
- Moldova
- quartz
- sable
- Slavonic
- anti-Slavic
- apple
- Avalon
- balalaika
- Balto-Slavic
- Bogomil
- borscht
- boychik
- Bulgarian
- buttinsky
- Byelorussian
- cat
- chervonets
- Church Slavic
- Cyrillic
- Czech
- Czechoslovak
- dacha
- Dalmatian
- dumka
- Haiduk
- hard
- hunky
- Indo-European
- izba
- jer
- Kashubian
- kazachok
- kishke
- latke
- Macedonian
- nebbish
- -nik
- non-Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic
- Old Slavic
- OSlav
- pandour
- Pan-Slavism
- paprika
- pirogen