Serbo-Croatian

See also: Serbocroatian

Serbo-Croatian - English

Alternative forms

Serbocroatian
(abbreviation): SCr.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊkɹəʊˈeɪʃən/

Proper noun

Serbo-Croatian

The South Slavic language of which Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are literary standards.
The standard Shtokavian variety of that language first codified in the Vienna Literary Agreement and later used officially in Yugoslavia.

Usage notes

Native speakers use various terms to refer to the form of language spoken by them (Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Croato-Serbian, etc.). The name equivalent to Serbo-Croatian might be frowned upon by many and is not regularly used by speakers of Serbo-Croatian.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

South Slavic

Meronyms

Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian
Chakavian, Ekavian, Ijekavian, Ikavian, Kajkavian, Stokavian

Translations

Arabic: صَرْبُو-كُرُوَاتِيّ‎ m (ṣarbū-kuruwātiyy)
Armenian: սերբախորվաթերեն (serbaxorvatʿeren)
Basque: serbokroaziera
Belarusian: сербскахарва́цкая мо́ва f (sjerbskaxarváckaja móva), сэрбскахарва́цкая мо́ва f (serbskaxarváckaja móva) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: সার্বো-ক্রোয়েশীয়-বসনীয় ভাষা (bn) (śarbō-krōeśiẏ-bośoniẏ bhaśa)
Bulgarian: сърбохърва́тски ези́к m (sǎrbohǎrvátski ezík)
Catalan: serbocroat (ca) m
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 塞爾維亞-克羅地亞語／塞尔维亚-克罗地亚语 (zh) (Sāi'ěrwéiyà-Kèluódìyàyǔ)
Czech: srbochorvatština f
Danish: serbokroatisk
Dutch: Servo-Kroatisch (nl) n, Servokroatisch n
Dzongkha: སོདབ་ཁ (sodb kha)
Farefare: serbokoroatre
Finnish: serbokroaatti (fi)
French: serbo-croate (fr) m
Galician: serbocroata m
German: Serbokroatisch (de) n
Hebrew: סֶרְבּוֹ־קְרוֹאָטִית‎ f (serbo-kro'átit)
Hungarian: szerbhorvát (hu)
Icelandic: serbókróatíska f
Irish: Seirbea-Chróitis f
Italian: serbocroato (it) m
Japanese: セルビア・クロアチア (Serbia-Kuroachia), セルビア・クロアチア語 (ja) (serbia-kuroachiago), セルボ・クロアチア語 (Serubo-Kuroatiago)
Korean: 세르보크로아트어 (ko) (sereubokeuroateueo)
Latvian: serbhorvātu valoda f
Macedonian: српскохр́ватски m (srpskohŕvatski)
Malay: Serbo-Croat, bahasa Serbo-Croat
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: serbokroatisk (no) m or n
- Nynorsk: serbokroatisk m
Polish: (język) serbsko-chorwacki (pl) m
Portuguese: servo-croata (pt), serbo-croata
Romanian: sârbocroată f
Russian: сербохорва́тский язы́к (ru) m (serboxorvátskij jazýk), се́рбско-хорва́тский язы́к m (sérbsko-xorvátskij jazýk)
Scots: Serbo-Croatie
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: српскохр̀ва̄тскӣ m, српско-хр̀ва̄тскӣ m, хрватскосрпски m, хрватско-српски m
- Roman: srpskohr̀vātskī (sh) m, srpsko-hr̀vātskī m, hrvatskosrpski (sh) m, hrvatsko-srpski m
Slovak: srbochorvátčina f
Slovene: srbohrvaščina f
Spanish: serbocroata (es)
Swedish: serbokroatiska (sv), serbo-kroatiska
Turkish: Sırp-Hırvatça (tr)
Ukrainian: се́рбсько-хорва́тська мо́ва f (sérbsʹko-xorvátsʹka móva)

Noun

Serbo-Croatian (plural Serbo-Croatians)

A person of Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, or Montenegrin ethnicity or descent.

Adjective

Serbo-Croatian (comparative more Serbo-Croatian, superlative most Serbo-Croatian)

In or pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language.

Synonyms

Croato-Serbian

Translations

Arabic: صَرْبُو-كُرُوَاتِيّ‎ (ṣarbū-kuruwātiyy)
Belarusian: сербскахарва́цкі (sjerbskaxarvácki), сэрбскахарва́цкі (serbskaxarvácki) (Taraškievica)
Bulgarian: сърбохърва́тски (sǎrbohǎrvátski)
Catalan: serbocroat (ca) m, serbocroata (ca) f
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 塞爾維亞-克羅地亞語的／塞尔维亚-克罗地亚语的 (Sāi'ěrwéiyà-Kèluódìyàyǔ de)
Czech: srbochorvatský
Finnish: serbokroaatinkielinen
French: serbo-croate (fr)
Galician: serbocroata
German: serbokroatisch (de)
Icelandic: serbókróatískur
Italian: serbocroato (it), serbo-croato (it)
Japanese: セルビア・クロアチア (Serbia-Kuroachia)
Macedonian: српскохр́ватски m (srpskohŕvatski)
Malay: bahasa Serbo-Croat
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: serbokroatisk (no)
- Nynorsk: serbokroatisk
Polish: serbsko-chorwacki (pl), serbochorwacki
Portuguese: servo-croata (pt), serbo-croata
Russian: сербохорва́тский (ru) (serboxorvátskij), се́рбско-хорва́тский (sérbsko-xorvátskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: српскохр̀ва̄тскӣ, српско-хр̀ва̄тскӣ, хрватскосрпски, хрватско-српски
- Roman: srpskohr̀vātskī (sh), srpsko-hr̀vātskī, hrvatskosrpski (sh), hrvatsko-srpski
Slovak: srbochorvátsky
Slovene: srbohrvaški
Spanish: serbocroata (es)
Turkish: Sırp-Hırvatça (tr)
Ukrainian: се́рбсько-хорва́тський (sérbsʹko-xorvátsʹkyj), сербохорва́тський (serboxorvátsʹkyj)

Anagrams

Croato-Serbian

Meaning and Definition of Serbo-Croatian