Slavic
/ˈslɑːvɪk/adjective, noun
Slavic is spelled S-L-A-V-I-C: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Slavic means “Of the Slavs, their cultures, or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Slavic?
| Letters | 6: S-L-A-V-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Slavic?
Slavic appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Slavic?
- /ˈslɑːvɪk/
- /ˈslævɪk/
- British /ˈslɑːvɪk/
Slavic has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Slavic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Slavic
- more Slavic comparative
- most Slavic superlative
- Sl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Slavic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of the Slavs, their cultures, or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.
noun
- 1
Any of various languages spoken by the Slavic peoples, such as Proto-Slavic, Common Slavic, Old Church Slavic, or the modern Slavic languages.
It is a commonly known fact that formal marks of perfective aspect in Slavic are prefixes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Slavic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Slavic come from?
From Slav + -ic. Piecewise doublet of slavey.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).