Serbo-Croat
See also: serbocroat
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊˈkɹəʊæt/
Proper noun
- Synonym of Serbo-Croatian.
Noun
Serbo-Croat (plural Serbo-Croats)
- Synonym of Serbo-Croatian.
- 1865, [Georgina Muir Mackenzie], [Paulina Irby], edited by Humphry Sandwith, Notes on the South Slavonic Countries in Austria and Turkey in Europe […], Edinburg; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 26:
- Of the Serbo-Croats, some are included in the Austrian, some in the Ottoman empire, and two small states govern themselves.
- 1968, J. Cz., “Slavs: Physical Anthropology”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 20 (Schütz to Speke), Chicago, Ill.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; William Benton, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 648, column 1:
- The Slovenes, geographically neighbours and linguistically akin to the Serbo-Croats, are very different from them anthropologically, the Nordic element being predominant among them.
- 2000, Jonathan Strong, “A September Friday”, in A Circle Around Her, Cambridge, Mass.: Zoland Books, →ISBN, section III, page 246:
- The place had been haunting him ever since Peggy had left—well, ever since he had got those Serbo-Croats in and moved her out.
Adjective
Serbo-Croat (comparative more Serbo-Croat, superlative most Serbo-Croat)
- Synonym of Serbo-Croatian.