SLAVONIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Slavonic mean? 

• SLAVONIC (noun)
  The noun SLAVONIC has 1 sense:

1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages

  Familiarity information: SLAVONIC used as a noun is very rare.

• SLAVONIC (adjective)
  The adjective SLAVONIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Slavic languages

  Familiarity information: SLAVONIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLAVONIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the Indo-European family of languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Slavic; Slavic language; Slavonic; Slavonic language

Hypernyms ("Slavonic" is a kind of...):

Balto-Slavic; Balto-Slavic language; Balto-Slavonic (a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Slavonic"):

Church Slavic; Old Bulgarian; Old Church Slavic; Old Church Slavonic (the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century)

Russian (the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia)

Belarusian; Byelorussian; White Russian (the Slavic language spoken in Belarus)

Ukrainian (the Slavic language spoken in the Ukraine)

Polish (the Slavic language of Poland)

Slovak (the Slavic language spoken in Slovakia)

Czech (the Slavic language of Czechs)

Slovene (the Slavic language of Slovenes)

Serbo-Croat; Serbo-Croatian (the Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet)

Lusatian; Sorbian (a Slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany)

Macedonian (the Slavic language of modern Macedonia)

Bulgarian (a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria)

• SLAVONIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Slavic languages

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Slavic; Slavonic

Pertainym:

Slavonic (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages)

Derivation:

Slav (any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language)