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# slavic

adjective (Slavic, usually written with a capital S); noun (Slavic — the group of languages)

«slavic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Slavic means about the Slavs, a large group of peoples in eastern and central Europe, or about their languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#m1)
2. Slavic languages are a family of related languages, such as Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in geography, history and language lessons: Slavic countries, Slavic languages, Slavic names and food. Many Slavic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet, and some use the Latin alphabet (Polish, Czech).

### Examples

- Ukrainian and Polish are Slavic languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x1)
- Slavic languages share many similar words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x2)
- Some Slavic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x3)
- She is learning about Slavic folk tales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x4)
- The Slavic peoples live mostly in eastern and central Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x5)
- "Babushka" is a Slavic word for grandmother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x6)

### Note

Write with a capital letter: Slavic. Also "Slavonic" in British English. A Slav is a Slavic person.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «slavic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slavic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slavic.html) on Mova free.