Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slovenian

/sləˈviːni.ən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: slove-ni-an
IPA: /sləˈviːni.ən/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Slovenia, the Slovenian people or the Slovenian language.

noun

The official language of Slovenia.

Uncountable

noun

A person from Slovenia.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Each written word when spoken is mutually incomprehensible between a Mandarin speaker in Beijing and a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. If you think that’s odd, consider our number system: the symbol “9” is universally recognized but it’s pronounced “nine” in English and “devet” in Slovenian."
"Mom had called Cory, who contacted Vlado, who brought a crew of Slovenians over to help."

Etymology

From Slovene (from German, from Slovene) + -ian.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Inflected Forms

Slovenians (plural)

Derived Forms

Slovenianness

Synonyms

Slovene slovenian language slovene language

Rhymes With

armenian athenian fenian tyrrhenian beethovenian ruthenian ibsenian cyrenian parthenian austenian palmyrenian sophenian

Questions

How do you pronounce slovenian?: The recorded pronunciation is /sləˈviːni.ən/.
What does slovenian mean?: Of or pertaining to Slovenia, the Slovenian people or the Slovenian language.
Where does slovenian come from?: It is traced to German.

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