Serbian

[ sur-bee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Serbia, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
2. Serbo-Croatian, especially as spoken and written in Serbia.

Serbian

/ ˈsɜːbɪən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Serbia, its people, or their language (formerly regarded as a dialect of Serbo-Croat)

noun

1. the language spoken in Serbia
2. 1. a native or inhabitant of Serbia
   2. a speaker of the Serbian language

Usage

See See at Bosnian

Other Words From

• pseudo-Serbi·an adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Serbian¹

First recorded in 1860–65; Serb + -ian

Example Sentences

A Kosovo government measure set to take effect on Monday would have required Serbs living in northern Kosovo to apply for local license plates, replacing their Serbian ones.

From Time

Like most of the Serbian center’s best plays, it begs for metaphor — a boulder running a slalom course, maybe — but the bare-bones breakdown is plenty fun on its own.

From FiveThirtyEight

They had thought about boycotting the Open after his deportation but instead decided to support the remaining Serbian players.

From Washington Post

Some Djokovic supporters with Serbian flags gathered outside the hotel where he was being held, while others used the opportunity to criticize Australia’s border policies, holding signs with slogan like “Free the refugees.”

From Time

The 34-year-old Serbian is one of the greatest tennis players ever to grip a racket.

From FiveThirtyEight

As with his Serbian prediction, Paul was absolutely correct when it came to Spain: Germany lost, 1-0.

From The Daily Beast

In April last year, he sank his teeth into a Serbian player, Branislav Ivanovic, in the Premier League.

From The Daily Beast

In a nod to existing Cold War tensions, Gozer is played by Serbian model Slavitza Jovan.

From The Daily Beast

Wildstein wrote of the Fort Lee mayor, “It will be a tough November for this little Serbian.”

From The Daily Beast

In it we crossed the Croatian lines, then the Serbian lines.

From The Daily Beast

As the Serbian delegate's knowledge of French was also very limited he could not readily understand.

From Project Gutenberg

I use here as an example a Serbian delegate, not that the Serbian delegates were more prone to passion than anybody else.

From Project Gutenberg

But until the road to Constantinople was open, until the Serbian nuisance was abolished, peace could not be considered.

From Project Gutenberg

Three days later the Serbian army was well on the road over the frontier toward the Bulgarian capital.

From Project Gutenberg

The wonderful victories of the Serbian and Bulgarian armies were the surprise and wonder of the world at the time.

From Project Gutenberg