croatian
/ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.32 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.
noun
An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.
name
A standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Croats.
name
Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Croatia.
Example Sentences
- "Not only is the industry headed in that direction, but in 2021 Bugatti was spun off from Volkswagen Group and merged with Rimac, the Croatian company that makes the all-electric Rimac Nevera supercar."
- "[A law] was enacted, controlling the guardianship of the language and the culture of the ‘Albanians, Catalans, Germanics, Greeks, Slovenians and Croatians and of those speaking French, French-Provencal, Friulan, Ladin, Occitan and Sardinian’[.]"
- "Serbian forces committed egregious violent acts against ethnic Croatians in the early 1990s, but they don’t equate to genocide, a U.N. court ruled Tuesday."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
- British English: /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃən/