Meanings
alternative Sclavonic · alternative Sclavonick
- datedA branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches
West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc.)
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South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, etc.)
East Slavonic (including Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian, etc.), and
Synonyms: Slavic, Proto-Slavic, Old Slavonic, Common Slavic, Common Slavonic
- datedThe unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.
alternative Sclavonic · alternative Sclavonick
- not comparableOf, 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; […].
1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiiSynonyms: Slavic
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches
adjectiveOf, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages, their languages, or cultures.
adjectiveOf, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to Slavic languages
nouna branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval LatinSlavonicus
- EnglishSlavonic
From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan eslavó, eslavònic
- eslavóunrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- eslavònicunrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- eslavórelated to Slavonia
- eslavònicrelated to Slavonia
French slavon, vieux slave
- slavonunrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- vieux slaveunrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- esclavonunrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- paléoslaveunrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- slavonrelated to Slavonia
Hungarian szláv, szláv
- szlávunrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- szlávrelated to Slavonia
Irish Slavais, Slavónach
- Slavaisunrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- Slavónachrelated to Slavonia
Italian slavonico
- slavonicounrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
Polish język późnoprasłowiański, slawoński
- język późnoprasłowiańskiunrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- slawońskirelated to Slavonia
Portuguese eslavo comum, protoeslavo
- eslavo comumunrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- protoeslavounrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- eslavônicounrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- eslavónicounrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- eslavôniorelated to Slavonia
- eslavóniorelated to Slavonia
- eslavônicorelated to Slavonia
- eslavónicorelated to Slavonia
Russian праславя́нский язы́к, общеславя́нский язы́к
- праславя́нский язы́к (praslavjánskij jazýk)unrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- общеславя́нский язы́к (obščeslavjánskij jazýk)unrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
- славо́нский (slavónskij)related to Slavonia
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Cite this entry
Slavonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slavonic
“Slavonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slavonic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Slavonic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slavonic.
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