Croatian

English

Etymology

From Croat +‎ -ian or Croatia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Adjective

Croatian (comparative more Croatian, superlative most Croatian)

1. Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.
   • 2024 June 20, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Bugatti’s new car is a $4 million, 1,800 horsepower hybrid”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• Croat
• Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia
• Croatianness
• Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia

Translations

of or pertaining to Croatia

• Afrikaans: Kroaties (af)
• Albanian: kroat (sq)
• Arabic: كُرُوَاتِيّ (kuruwātiyy)
• Armenian: խորվաթական (hy) (xorvatʻakan)
• Asturian: croata (ast)
• Azerbaijani: xorvat
• Basque: kroaziar
• Belarusian: харва́цкі (xarvácki)
• Bulgarian: хърва́тски (hǎrvátski)
• Burmese: ခရိုအေးရှား (hka.ruie:hra:)
• Catalan: croat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克羅地亞的 / 克罗地亚的 (zh) (Kèluódìyà de)

• Crimean Tatar: hırvat
• Czech: chorvatský (cs)
• Danish: kroatisk
• Dutch: Kroatisch (nl)
• Esperanto: kroata
• Estonian: kroatia
• Finnish: kroatialainen (fi)
• French: croate (fr)
• Galician: croata (gl)
• Georgian: ხორვატული (xorvaṭuli)
• German: kroatisch (de)
• Greek: κροατικός (el) (kroatikós)
• Hebrew: קְרוֹאָטִי m (kroati)
• Hindi: क्रोएशियन (hi) (kroeśiyan)
• Hungarian: horvát (hu)
• Icelandic: króatískur (is)
• Irish: Crótach
• Kashubian: chòrwacczi
• Kazakh: хорват (xorvat)
• Khmer: ក្រូអាស៊ី (km) (krouʼaasii)
• Kyrgyz: хорват (horvat)
• Lao: ໂຄຣເອເຊຍ (lo) (khōn ʼē sīa)
• Latin: croaticus
• Latvian: horvātu, horvātisks
• Lithuanian: kroatų (lt), kroatiškas
• Macedonian: хрватски (mk) m (hrvatski)
• Malay: Croatia (ms)
• Marathi: क्रोएशियन (kroeśiyan)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хорват (xorvat)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kroatisk (no)

  Nynorsk: kroatisk (nn)

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: хрьватьскъ (xrĭvatĭskŭ)

• Persian: کروآت (koro-ât)
• Polish: chorwacki (pl) m
• Portuguese: croata (pt)
• Romanian: croat (ro)
• Russian: хорва́тский (ru) (xorvátskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хр̀ва̄тски

  Roman: hr̀vātski (sh)

• Slovak: chorvátsky (sk)
• Slovene: hrváški (sl)
• Spanish: croata (es)
• Swedish: kroatisk (sv)
• Tajik: хорватӣ (tg) (xorvati)
• Thai: โครเอเชีย (th) (kroo-ee-chiia)
• Turkmen: horwat
• Ukrainian: хорва́тський (uk) (xorvátsʹkyj)
• Uyghur: كرودىيە (krodiye)
• Uzbek: xorvat (uz)
• Vietnamese: Crô-a-ti-a

Noun

Croatian (plural Croatians)

1. An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.
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     [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’[.]

   • 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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.

Usage notes

A distinction is sometimes made between Croat (“a person of Croatian ethnicity/descent”) and Croatian (“a person from Croatia but not necessarily an ethnic Croat”).

Translations

person of Croatia

• Afrikaans: Kroaat
• Albanian: kroat (sq) m, kroate f
• Arabic: كُرُوَاتِيّ m (kuruwātiyy), كُرُوَاتِيَّة f (kuruwātiyya)
• Armenian: խորվաթ (xorvatʻ)
• Aromanian: cruat m, cruatã f
• Asturian: croata (ast)
• Azerbaijani: xorvat
• Basque: kroaziar
• Belarusian: харва́т m (xarvát), харва́тка f (xarvátka)
• Bulgarian: хърва́тин (bg) m (hǎrvátin), хърва́тка f (hǎrvátka)
• Catalan: croat (ca) m, croata (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克羅地亞人 / 克罗地亚人 (zh) (kèluōdìyàrén)

• Crimean Tatar: hırvat
• Czech: Chorvat (cs) m, Chorvatka (cs) f, Charvát (cs) m, Charvátka (cs) f
• Danish: kroat c, kroater c
• Dutch: Kroaat (nl) m, Kroatische (nl) f, Kroaten (nl) pl
• Esperanto: kroato
• Estonian: horvaat
• Faroese: kroati
• Finnish: kroaatti (fi), kroatialainen (fi)
• French: Croate (fr), Croates (fr) pl
• Galician: croata (gl) m or f
• Georgian: ხორვატი (ka) (xorvaṭi)
• German: Kroate (de) m, Kroatin (de) f
• Gottscheerish: Khərbot
• Greek: Κροάτης (el) m (Kroátis), Κροάτισσα (el) f (Kroátissa)
• Hebrew: קְרוֹאָטִי m (kroati), קְרוֹאָטִית f (kroatít)
• Hungarian: horvát (hu)
• Irish: Crótach m
• Italian: croato (it) m, croata (it) f
• Japanese: クロアチア人 (ja) (クロアチアじん, kuroachiajin)
• Kazakh: хорват (xorvat)
• Korean: 크로아티아인 (ko) (keuroatiain), 크로아티아 사람 (keuroatia saram)
• Kyrgyz: хорват (horvat)
• Latvian: horvāts m, horvātiete f
• Lithuanian: kroatas (lt) m, kroatė (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Kroat m, Kroatin f
• Macedonian: Хрват (mk) m (Hrvat), Хрватка (mk) f (Hrvatka)
• Malay: orang Croatia
• Marathi: क्रोएशियन (kroeśiyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kroat m

  Nynorsk: kroat (nn) m

• Persian: کروآت (koro-ât)
• Polish: Chorwat (pl) m pers, Chorwatka (pl) f
• Portuguese: croata (pt) m or f
• Romanian: croat (ro) m, croată (ro) f
• Russian: хорва́т (ru) m (xorvát), хорва́тка (ru) f (xorvátka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хр̀ва̄т m, Хрва̀тица f

  Roman: Hr̀vāt (sh) m, Hrvàtica f

• Slovak: Chorvát m, Chorvátka f
• Slovene: Hrvàt (sl) m, Hrvatíca f
• Spanish: croata (es) m or f
• Swedish: kroat (sv) m, kroatiska (sv) f
• Tajik: хорват (xorvat)
• Tatar: хорват (xorwat)
• Turkish: Hırvat (tr), Hırvatistanlı
• Turkmen: horwat
• Ukrainian: хорва́т m (xorvát), хорва́тка f (xorvátka)
• Uyghur: كرودىيىلىك (krodiyilik)
• Uzbek: xorvat (uz)
• Vietnamese: người Crô-a-ti-a

Proper noun

Croatian

2. A standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Croats.
3. (historical) Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Croatia.

Translations

the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian

• Afrikaans: Kroaties (af)
• Albanian: gjuha kroate f
• Amharic: ክሮሽያንኛ (kərošyanña)
• Arabic: كُرُوَاتِيَّة f (kuruwātiyya)
• Armenian: խորվաթերեն (hy) (xorvatʻeren)
• Asturian: croata (ast)
• Azerbaijani: horvat
• Basque: kroaziera (eu)
• Belarusian: харва́цкая мо́ва f (xarváckaja móva), харва́цкая f (xarváckaja)
• Breton: Kroateg
• Bulgarian: хърватски (hǎrvatski)
• Catalan: croat (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎧᎶᎠᏥ (kaloatsi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克羅地亞語 / 克罗地亚语 (zh) (kèluōdìyàyǔ)

• Crimean Tatar: hırvat tili
• Czech: chorvatština (cs) f, charvátština (cs) f
• Danish: kroatisk
• Dutch: Kroatisch (nl) n
• Estonian: horvaadi
• Faroese: Kroatiskt
• Finnish: kroatia (fi), kroaatti (fi)
• French: croate (fr) m
• Galician: croata (gl) m
• Georgian: ხორვატული (xorvaṭuli)
• German: Kroatisch (de) n

  Alemannic German: Kroadisch

• Greek: κροατικά (el) n or pl (kroatiká)
• Hebrew: קְרוֹאָטִית (kroatít)
• Hindi: क्रोऐशयन (kroaiśyan)
• Hungarian: horvát (hu)
• Icelandic: króatíska (is) f
• Indonesian: Kroasia (id)
• Irish: Cróitis f
• Italian: croato (it) m
• Japanese: クロアチア語 (ja) (クロアチアご, kuroachiago)
• Korean: 크로아티아어 (ko) (keuroatia'eo)
• Latvian: horvātu
• Lithuanian: kroatų (lt), chorvatiškai
• Macedonian: хрватски (mk) (hrvatski)
• Malay: bahasa Croatia
• Maltese: Kroat
• Marathi: क्रोएशियन f (kroeśiyan)
• Mongolian: хорват (xorvat), хорвати (xorvati)
• Navajo: Kwóóʼad bizaad
• Nepali: क्रोएसियाली (kroesiyālī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kroatisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: kroatisk (nn) m

• Occitan: Croat m
• Persian: کروآت (koro-ât)
• Polish: (język) chorwacki (pl) m
• Portuguese: croata (pt) m
• Romanian: croată (ro) f
• Russian: хорва́тский (ru) m (xorvátskij)
• Scots: Croatie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хр̀ва̄тски m

  Roman: hr̀vātski (sh) m

• Slovak: chorvátčina f
• Slovene: hrváščina (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: chorwatska rěc f, chorwatšćina f

  Upper Sorbian: chorwatska rěč f, chorwatšćina (hsb) f

• Spanish: croata (es) m
• Swahili: Kikroashia
• Swedish: kroatiska (sv)
• Tamil: சுராவேசியன் (curāvēciyaṉ)
• Tatar: Хорват (Xorwat)
• Thai: ภาษาคโรเอะ, ภาษาโครเอเชีย
• Turkish: Hırvatça (tr)
• Ukrainian: хорва́тська (uk) f (xorvátsʹka)
• Urdu: کراتی (krati)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Cro-xi-an
• Walloon: Crowåte
• Welsh: Croataidd
• West Frisian: Kroätysk (fy)

See also

• Serbo-Croatian
• Appendix:Croatian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Croatian

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code hr, ISO 639-3 code hrv (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Croatian, hrv ⁠

Anagrams

• Catriona, Toarcian, anaortic, cantoria, raincoat