Baltic

American  

[bawl-tik] / ˈbɔl tɪk /

adjective

1. of, near, or on the Baltic Sea.

2. of or relating to the Baltic States.

3. of or relating to a group of languages, as Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian, that constitute a branch of the Indo-European family.

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noun

1. the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.

Baltic British  

/ ˈbɔːltɪk /

adjective

1. denoting or relating to the Baltic Sea or the Baltic States

2. of, denoting, or characteristic of Baltic as a group of languages

3. informal extremely cold

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noun

1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages consisting of Lithuanian, Latvian, and Old Prussian

2. short for Baltic Sea

3. Also called: Baltic Exchange.  an international market for shipbrokers in the City of London: formerly housed in the Baltic Exchange building which was demolished after terrorist bomb damage in 1992

Other Word Forms

• trans-Baltic adjective

Example Sentences

The effort, called Baltic Sentry, launched in January 2025 and has yielded results, said Cmdr.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

SYDNEY—From the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, a global scramble is under way to protect submarine cables vulnerable to potential sabotage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

From the North and Baltic Seas in the West to the walls of the Kremlin in the east, the land is flat.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

A humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic Sea coast since early this week has freed itself and swum into deeper waters, rescuers said Friday.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

He wasn’t in Stockholm, though, to stalk the cobblestoned streets of Old Town, or walk through the underground tunnels, or ready himself for a cruise on the Baltic Sea.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady