Serbian
adjectivenounadjectiveattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom/[ˈsəː.bɪjən]/
- Canada//ˈsɜɹ.bi.ən//
- Australia//ˈsɜː.biː.ən//
- New Zealand//ˈsøː.biː.ən//
- //ˈsɜː(ɹ).bi.ən//
Of or pertaining to Serbia, the Serbian people or their language.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to Serbia, the Serbian people or their language.
Tuesday’s ICJ ruling relates specifically to what Serbian forces did in Croatia between 1991 and 1995.
Etymology
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
- 1
A native or inhabitant of Serbia.
The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.
- 2
A Serb.
- 3
The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.
- 4
historicalSerbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Serbia.
adjective
- 1
Of, from, or pertaining to Serbia and Serbians.
In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic.
- 2
Of or pertaining to Serbian language.
Forms
- plural
- Serbians
- comparative
- more Serbian
- superlative
- most Serbian
Serbian · Of or pertaining to Serbia, the Serbian people or their language.
Serena · A female given name from Latin.serene · Calm, peaceful, unruffled.Serene · A female given name from English. A rare variant of Serena.