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Serbian.

Of or pertaining to Serbia, the Serbian people or their language.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsɜː(ɹ).bi.ən/[ˈsəː.bɪjən]British, Southern, Standard/ˈsɜː.biː.ən/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈsɜɹ.bi.ən/Canada, General-American

  1. Of or pertaining to Serbia, the Serbian people or their language.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ Serbo-Croatian Срби /Srbider. English Serb Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian Medieval Latin Serbialbor. English Serbia ▲ Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Serbian From Serb + -ian, or from Serbia + -an.

noun/ˈsɜː(ɹ).bi.ən/[ˈsəː.bɪjən]British, Southern, Standard/ˈsɜː.biː.ən/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈsɜɹ.bi.ən/Canada, General-American

  1. A native or inhabitant of Serbia.

    countable

  2. A Serb.

    countable

  3. The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.

    uncountable

  4. Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Serbia.

    countable · historical · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ Serbo-Croatian Срби /Srbider. English Serb Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian Medieval Latin Serbialbor. English Serbia ▲ Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Serbian From Serb + -ian, or from Serbia + -an.

adj/ˈsɜː(ɹ).bi.ən/[ˈsəː.bɪjən]British, Southern, Standard/ˈsɜː.biː.ən/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈsɜɹ.bi.ən/Canada, General-American

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Serbia and Serbians.

    not-comparable

  2. Of or pertaining to Serbian language.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ Serbo-Croatian Срби /Srbider. English Serb Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian Medieval Latin Serbialbor. English Serbia ▲ Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Serbian From Serb + -ian, or from Serbia + -an.

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