Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chakavian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chaka-vian
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

One of the main supradialects spoken in Croatia.

noun

speaker of Chakavian, or a native of southern and coastal Croatia.

adj

of or pertaining to Chakavians or their language.

Etymology

From the Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun ča (“what”).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Čakavian (alternative) Chakavians (plural) more Chakavian (comparative) most Chakavian (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

Ijekavian Ekavian

Questions

What does chakavian mean?: One of the main supradialects spoken in Croatia.
Where does chakavian come from?: From the Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun ča (“what”).

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