Meanings
comparative more Croatian · superlative most Croatian
- Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.
Not only is the industry headed in that direction, but in 2021 Bugatti was spun off from Volkswagen Group and merged with Rimac, the Croatian company that makes the all-electric Rimac Nevera supercar.
2024 June 20, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Bugatti’s new car is a $4 million, 1,800 horsepower hybrid”, in CNN
plural Croatians
- An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.
Serbian forces committed egregious violent acts against ethnic Croatians in the early 1990s, but they don’t equate to genocide, a U.N. court ruled Tuesday.
2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN1 more example
[A law] was enacted, controlling the guardianship of the language and the culture of the ‘Albanians, Catalans, Germanics, Greeks, Slovenians and Croatians and of those speaking French, French-Provencal, Friulan, Ladin, Occitan and Sardinian’[.]
2006, J. M. Smits, Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, →ISBN, page 352
- A standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Croats.
- historicalSerbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Croatia.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Croat + -ian or Croatia + -an.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Kroaties, Kroaat
- Kroatiesof or pertaining to Croatia
- Kroaatperson of Croatia
- Kroatiesthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Arabic كُرُوَاتِيّ, كُرُوَاتِيّ
- كُرُوَاتِيّ (kuruwātiyy)of or pertaining to Croatia
- كُرُوَاتِيّ (kuruwātiyy)person of Croatia
- كُرُوَاتِيَّة (kuruwātiyya)person of Croatia
- كُرُوَاتِيَّة (kuruwātiyya)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Basque kroaziar, kroaziar
- kroaziarof or pertaining to Croatia
- kroaziarperson of Croatia
- kroazierathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Bulgarian хърва́тски, хърва́тин
- хърва́тски (hărvátski)of or pertaining to Croatia
- хърва́тин (hărvátin)person of Croatia
- хърва́тка (hărvátka)person of Croatia
- хърватски (hărvatski)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Catalan croat, croat
- croatof or pertaining to Croatia
- croatperson of Croatia
- croataperson of Croatia
- croatthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Chinese Mandarin 克羅地亞的 /克罗地亚的, 克羅地亞人 /克罗地亚人
- 克羅地亞的 /克罗地亚的 (Kèluódìyà de)of or pertaining to Croatia
- 克羅地亞人 /克罗地亚人 (kèluōdìyàrén)person of Croatia
- 克羅地亞語 /克罗地亚语 (kèluōdìyàyǔ)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Czech chorvatský, Chorvat
- chorvatskýof or pertaining to Croatia
- Chorvatperson of Croatia
- Chorvatkaperson of Croatia
- Charvátperson of Croatia
- Charvátkaperson of Croatia
- chorvatštinathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
- charvátštinathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Danish kroatisk, kroat
- kroatiskof or pertaining to Croatia
- kroatperson of Croatia
- kroaterperson of Croatia
- kroatiskthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Dutch Kroatisch, Kroaat
- Kroatischof or pertaining to Croatia
- Kroaatperson of Croatia
- Kroatischeperson of Croatia
- Kroatenperson of Croatia
- Kroatischthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Esperanto kroata, kroato
- kroataof or pertaining to Croatia
- kroatoperson of Croatia
Estonian kroatia, horvaat
- kroatiaof or pertaining to Croatia
- horvaatperson of Croatia
- horvaadithe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Finnish kroatialainen, kroaatti
- kroatialainenof or pertaining to Croatia
- kroaattiperson of Croatia
- kroatialainenperson of Croatia
- kroatiathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
- kroaattithe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
French croate, Croate
- croateof or pertaining to Croatia
- Croateperson of Croatia
- Croatesperson of Croatia
- croatethe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
German kroatisch, Kroate
- kroatischof or pertaining to Croatia
- Kroateperson of Croatia
- Kroatinperson of Croatia
- Kroatischthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Greek κροατικός, Κροάτης
- κροατικός (kroatikós)of or pertaining to Croatia
- Κροάτης (Kroátis)person of Croatia
- Κροάτισσα (Kroátissa)person of Croatia
- κροατικά (kroatiká)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Hebrew קְרוֹאָטִי, קְרוֹאָטִי
- קְרוֹאָטִי (kroati)of or pertaining to Croatia
- קְרוֹאָטִי (kroati)person of Croatia
- קְרוֹאָטִית (kroatít)person of Croatia
- קְרוֹאָטִית (kroatít)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Hindi क्रोएशियाई, क्रोएशियाई
- क्रोएशियाई (kroeśiyāī)of or pertaining to Croatia
- क्रोएशियाई (kroeśiyāī)person of Croatia
- क्रोट (kroṭ)person of Croatia
- क्रोएशियाई (kroeśiyāī)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Hungarian horvát, horvát
- horvátof or pertaining to Croatia
- horvátperson of Croatia
- horvátthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Icelandic króatískur, króatíska
- króatískurof or pertaining to Croatia
- króatískathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Icelanfic Króati
- Króatiperson of Croatia
Indonesian Kroasia, Kroasia
- Kroasiaof or pertaining to Croatia
- Kroasiathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Irish Crótach, Crótach
- Crótachof or pertaining to Croatia
- Crótachperson of Croatia
- Cróitisthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Italian croato, croata
- croatoperson of Croatia
- croataperson of Croatia
- croatothe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Japanese クロアチア人, クロアチア語
- クロアチア人 (kuroachiajin)person of Croatia
- クロアチア語 (kuroachiago)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Korean 크로아티아인, 크로아티아 사람
- 크로아티아인 (keuroatiain)person of Croatia
- 크로아티아 사람 (keuroatia saram)person of Croatia
- 크로아티아어 (keuroatia'eo)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Latin croaticus
- croaticusof or pertaining to Croatia
Latvian horvātu, horvātisks
- horvātuof or pertaining to Croatia
- horvātisksof or pertaining to Croatia
- horvātsperson of Croatia
- horvātieteperson of Croatia
- horvātuthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Lithuanian kroatų, kroatiškas
- kroatųof or pertaining to Croatia
- kroatiškasof or pertaining to Croatia
- kroatasperson of Croatia
- kroatėperson of Croatia
- kroatųthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
- chorvatiškaithe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Malay Croatia, orang Croatia
- Croatiaof or pertaining to Croatia
- orang Croatiaperson of Croatia
- bahasa Croatiathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Norwegian Bokmål kroatisk, kroat
- kroatiskof or pertaining to Croatia
- kroatperson of Croatia
- kroatiskthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Persian کروآت, کروآت
- کروآت (koro-ât)of or pertaining to Croatia
- کروآت (koro-ât)person of Croatia
- کروآت (koro-ât)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Polish chorwacki, Chorwat
- chorwackiof or pertaining to Croatia
- Chorwatperson of Croatia
- Chorwatkaperson of Croatia
- (język) chorwackithe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Portuguese croata, croata
- croataof or pertaining to Croatia
- croataperson of Croatia
- croatathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Romanian croat, croat
- croatof or pertaining to Croatia
- croatperson of Croatia
- croatăperson of Croatia
- croatăthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Russian хорва́тский, хорва́т
- хорва́тский (xorvátskij)of or pertaining to Croatia
- хорва́т (xorvát)person of Croatia
- хорва́тка (xorvátka)person of Croatia
- хорва́тский (xorvátskij)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Slovak chorvátsky, Chorvát
- chorvátskyof or pertaining to Croatia
- Chorvátperson of Croatia
- Chorvátkaperson of Croatia
- chorvátčinathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Spanish croata, croata
- croataof or pertaining to Croatia
- croataperson of Croatia
- croatathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Swahili Kikroashia
- Kikroashiathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Swedish kroatisk, kroat
- kroatiskof or pertaining to Croatia
- kroatperson of Croatia
- kroatiskaperson of Croatia
- kroatiskathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Tamil சுராவேசியன்
- சுராவேசியன் (curāvēciyaṉ)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Thai โครเอเชีย, ภาษาคโรเอะ
- โครเอเชีย (kroo-ee-chiia)of or pertaining to Croatia
- ภาษาคโรเอะthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
- ภาษาโครเอเชียthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Turkish Hırvat, Hırvatistanlı
- Hırvatperson of Croatia
- Hırvatistanlıperson of Croatia
- Hırvatçathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Ukrainian хорва́тський, хорва́т
- хорва́тський (xorvátsʹkyj)of or pertaining to Croatia
- хорва́т (xorvát)person of Croatia
- хорва́тка (xorvátka)person of Croatia
- хорва́тська (xorvátsʹka)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Urdu کراتی
- کراتی (krati)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Vietnamese Crô-a-ti-a, người Crô-a-ti-a
- Crô-a-ti-aof or pertaining to Croatia
- người Crô-a-ti-aperson of Croatia
- tiếng Cro-xi-anthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Welsh Croataidd
- Croataiddthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Croatian
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Croatian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Croatian
“Croatian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Croatian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Croatian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Croatian.
Source: Croatian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.