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Serbian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- sûr′bē-ən
- /ˈsɜː(ɾ).biː.an/ (India)
- /ˈsɜː(ɹ).bi.ən/
- /ˈsəɾ.biː.an/ (India)
- /ˈsɛɾ.biː.an/ (India)
- /ˈsɜɹ.bi.ən/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈsɛɾ.bi.ən/ (Scotland)
- /ˈsøː.biː.ən/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈsɛɾ.bi.ʌn/ (Scotland)
- (US) audio
- /ˈsɜː.biː.ən/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈsəː.bɪjən] (British, Southern, Standard)
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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.
2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
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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.
2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021:
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to Serbian language.
Forms
Deriveds
Serbianness · Serbianism · Serbianhood · Serbian spruce · Serbian spruce · Serbiandom · Croato-Serbian · Serbian studies · Serbianization · Serbinization · Serbianize · Serbian Orthodox Church · Serbian salad
Relateds
Croatian · Serbia · pan-Serbianism · and Serbian alphabet · Serbo-Croatian
Translations (127)
lv serbisks (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ms Serbia (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ro sârb (pertaining to the Serbian language) · es servio (pertaining to the Serbian language) · sl sŕbski (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · sl sŕbski (pertaining to the Serbian language) · tt серб (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · sk srbský (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ta செர்பிய (pertaining to the Serbian language) · tk serb (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ko 세르비아의 (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · es serbio (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · cmn 塞爾維亞的 /塞尔维亚的 (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ia serbe (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · uz serb (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · mn ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · az serb (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · dsb serbiski (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · lo ແຊກບີ (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ro sârb (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ca serbi (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · gl serbio (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · da serbisk (pertaining to the Serbian language) · ca serbi (pertaining to the Serbian language) · ia serbe (pertaining to the Serbian language) · sh sȑpskī (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · pl serbski (pertaining to the Serbian language) · es serbio (pertaining to the Serbian language) · ky серб (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · fi serbiankielinen (pertaining to the Serbian language) · he סרבי (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · nl Servisch (pertaining to the Serbian language) · af Serwies (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · fo serbiskur (pertaining to the Serbian language) · sv serbiska (pertaining to the Serbian language) · uk се́рбський (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ps صرب (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · tg сербӣ (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · bn সার্বীয় (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · kk сербтік (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · nb serbisk (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ro sârbesc (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · fi serbialainen (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ga Seirbise (pertaining to the Serbian language) · ru се́рбский (pertaining to the Serbian language) · kmr sirbî (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · el σερβικός (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · be се́рбскі (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · eu serbiar (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ar صِرْبِيّ (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · pt sérvio (pertaining to the Serbian language) · bg сръ́бски (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ta செர்பிய (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · tl Serbyo (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · de serbisch (pertaining to the Serbian language) · cu срьбьскъ (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · fa صربی (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · sv serbiskt (pertaining to the Serbian language) · fo serbiskur (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · tl Serbyo (pertaining to the Serbian language) · be сэ́рбскі (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · th เซอร์เบีย (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · tl Serbian (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · et serbiakeelne (pertaining to the Serbian language) · ms Serbia (pertaining to the Serbian language) · sv serbiska (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · da serbisk (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · pl serbski (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · sv serbisk (pertaining to the Serbian language) · ga Seirbiach (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ug سېرب (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · fr serbe (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ast serbiu (pertaining to the Serbian language) · hsb serbiski (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · yi סערביש (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · sv serbiskt (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · pt sérvio (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · eu serbiar (pertaining to the Serbian language) · it serbo (pertaining to the Serbian language) · ast serbiu (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · hi सर्बियाई (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · hy սերբական (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · sv serbisk (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · sh srbìjānskī (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · eo serblingva (pertaining to the Serbian language) · rue се́рьбскый (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ru се́рбский (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · my ဆားဘီးယား (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · hu szerb (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ur سربیائی (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · tr Sırp (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · sh ср̏пскӣ (pertaining to the Serbian language) · es servio (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · et serbia (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · gv Serbagh (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · cy Serbaidd (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · mk српски (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · af Serwies (pertaining to the Serbian language) · fa صربستانی (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · sh sȑpskī (pertaining to the Serbian language) · sh србѝја̄нскӣ (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · mn серб (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ja セルビアの (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · it serbo (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · km ស៊ឺបៀ (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · fa صربی (pertaining to the Serbian language) · is serbneskur (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · cs srbský (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · vi Xéc-bi (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · sh ср̏пскӣ (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · lv serbu (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · nl Servisch (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · eo serbia (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ka სერბული (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · tl Serbian (pertaining to the Serbian language) · km ស៊េប៊ី (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · de serbisch (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · lt serbiškas (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · ms bahasa Serbia (pertaining to the Serbian language) · nn serbisk (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · hy սերբերեն (pertaining to the Serbian language) · ro sârbesc (pertaining to the Serbian language) · fr serbe (pertaining to the Serbian language) · no serbisk (pertaining to the Serbian language) · rsk сербски (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · cy Serfiaidd (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) · sq serb (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians)
Serbian en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- sûr′bē-ən
- /ˈsɜː(ɾ).biː.an/ (India)
- /ˈsɜː(ɹ).bi.ən/
- /ˈsəɾ.biː.an/ (India)
- /ˈsɛɾ.biː.an/ (India)
- /ˈsɜɹ.bi.ən/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈsɛɾ.bi.ən/ (Scotland)
- /ˈsøː.biː.ən/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈsɛɾ.bi.ʌn/ (Scotland)
- (US) audio
- /ˈsɜː.biː.ən/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈsəː.bɪjən] (British, Southern, Standard)
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.
Meanings
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(countable) 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.
2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021:
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(countable) A Serb.
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(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.
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(countable, historical, uncountable) Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Serbia.
Forms
Deriveds
Serbianness
Relateds
Serb
Translations (200)
de Serbe (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · es servio (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · nl Serviër (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · pl Serbka (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · be сэ́рбская (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · tk serb (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · vo Särbänapük (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ro sârb (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ko 세르비아인 (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · dz སོདབ་ཁ (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · et serblane (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · hu szerb (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · uz сербча (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · cs srbština (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ar الصِرْبِيَّة (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · gl serbia (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ast serbiu (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · be серб (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · nb serbisk (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ms Serbia (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · lv serbu (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · cmn 塞爾維亞人 /塞尔维亚人 (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · mn серб (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · eo serbiano (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · uk се́рбська (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · rsk Сербкиня (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ru серб (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · da serber (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sh Sȑbin (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · tl Serbyo (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · el Σέρβα (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ne सर्बियाली (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · gl serbio (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · it serba (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · lv serbiete (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ky серб (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · fa صربستانی (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sh ср̏пскӣ (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · he סרבית (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · xh isi-Serbia (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · rup limba sãrgheascã (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · tl Serbian (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · is serbneska (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · cy Serbeg (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · eo serbo (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · pt sérvio (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · rup limba sãrbeascã (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · kk серб тілі (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ast serbia (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sco Serbie (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · vi người Xéc-bi (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sk Srb (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · af Serwies (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · lt serbas (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · eu serbiar (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sk srbčina (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · scn serbu (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · fo serbiskt (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ca serbi (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · he סרבית (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ur صربی (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · tr Sırbistanlı (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · gv Serbish (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · mk Србинка (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ti ሰርቢኛ (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sl sŕbščina (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · cmn 塞爾維亞語 /塞尔维亚语 (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ast serbiu (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sq serbisht (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · nb serber (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ia serbo (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · it serbo (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · is Serbi (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · hi सर्बी (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · bg сръбки́нче (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · hi सर्ब (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ru се́рбский (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · es serbio (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · nl Servisch (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · bg съ́рбинче (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · rsk Серб (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · mk Србин (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ka სერბი (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · scn serbu (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · nv Séwib bizaad (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sh Ср̏пкиња (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · be сэрб (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · hi सर्बियन (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ckb سربی (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · az serb (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · tl Serbyo (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · rup sãrbu (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · nl Servische (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sh Ср̏бин (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · zu isi-Sebhiya (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · tr Sırp (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · pt sérvio (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · fy Servysk (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · es servio (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · lv serbs (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sd سَربِي (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · fa صربی (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · el Σέρβος (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · th ภาษาเซอร์เบียน (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · be сэ́рбка (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ug سېرب (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · fr Serbe (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · bg съ́рбин (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · gv Serbagh (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · kmr serbî (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sv serb (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ckb سربی (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ro sârboaică (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sw kiserbia (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ga Seirbis (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sh sȑpskī (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · de Serbin (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · fr serbe (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · cs Srbka (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ota صرپ (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · lt serbų kalba (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · vi tiếng Xéc-bi (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · hy սերբերեն (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · bg сръбки́ня (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · be сэ́рбская мо́ва (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sh Sȑpkinja (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · lt serbė (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · pl Serb (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · kmr serbî (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · fo serbi (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · be се́рбская (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · tk сербче (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · scn serba (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · yi סערביש (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sv serbiska (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ar صِرْبِيّ (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ro sârbă (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ms bahasa Serbia (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ru се́рбка (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ko 세르비아 사람 (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · af Serwiër (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ja セルビア語 (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · bg сръбски (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sk Srbka (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · it serbo (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sq serb (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · eo serba lingvo (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · es serbio (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · nn serbar (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sq gjuha serbe (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ia serbo (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ja セルビア人 (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ur سَرْوِیائی (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · he סרבי (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · cs Srb (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ka სერბული (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · hu szerb (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · bg сръ́бче (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ru се́рбский язы́к (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ca serbi (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · es serbia (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · gd Sèarbais (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · uz serbça (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · da serbisk (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ro sârbă (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · el σερβικά (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · rup sãrbã (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · hi सर्बियाई (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · uk се́рбин (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ko 세르비아어 (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · uk се́рбка (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · uk се́рбська мо́ва (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · pl serbski (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · nn serbisk (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · be се́рбская мо́ва (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sq serbe (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · mn ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sl Sŕbkinja (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · fi serbia (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · fi serbialainen (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sv serbiska (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · tk serbçe (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · de Serbisch (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · tr Sırpça (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · be се́рбка (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · hy սերբ (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ca sèrbia (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ar صِرْبِيَّة (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · mk српски (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ta செர்பியர் (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · eu serbiera (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · uz serb (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · sl Sŕb (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · uk серб (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · kk серб (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ug سېرپچە (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · et serbia keel (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · fa صربی (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · ga Seirbiach (person from Serbia — see also Serb) · fi serbian kieli (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian)
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