Slovak

See also: slovak and Slovák

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): Slk.

Etymology

From Slovak Slovák (“Slovak”), from a shortening of Proto-Slavic *slověninъ (“Slav”) + -ák. Related to Slovene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsloʊvɑːk/, /ˈsloʊvæk/, (also) /sləˈvæk/, /sləˈvɑːk/

• Audio (US); [ˈslɑvək]:

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• Rhymes: -æk, -ɑːk

Adjective

Slovak (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Slovakia, the Slovak people or the Slovak language.

Synonyms

• Slovakian
• Slovakish

Derived terms

• Slovak Rough-haired Pointer
• Slovak State

Translations

of Slovakia or its language

• Afrikaans: Slowaaks (af)
• Albanian: sllovak (sq)
• Arabic: سْلُوفَاكِيّ (slūfākiyy)
• Armenian: սլովակական (slovakakan), սլովակյան (hy) (slovakyan)
• Asturian: eslovacu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: slovak
• Basque: eslovakiar
• Belarusian: слава́цкі (slavácki)
• Bulgarian: слова́шки (slováški)
• Burmese: ဆလိုဗားကီးယား (hca.luiba:ki:ya:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: слова́цькый (slovácʹkŷj)
• Catalan: eslovac (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯洛伐克的 (zh) (Sīluòfákè de)

• Cornish: slovakek
• Czech: slovenský (cs)
• Danish: slovakisk
• Dutch: Slowaaks (nl), Slovaaks (nl)
• Esperanto: slovaka (eo)
• Estonian: slovaki
• Farefare: solovak
• Faroese: slovakskur
• Finnish: slovakialainen (fi)
• French: slovaque (fr)
• Friulian: slovac
• Galician: eslovaco (gl)
• Georgian: სლოვაკური (slovaḳuri)
• German: slowakisch (de)
• Greek: σλοβακικός (el) (slovakikós)
• Hebrew: [script needed] (Slovak)
• Hindi: स्लोवाक (hi) (slovāk)
• Hungarian: szlovák (hu), szlovákiai (hu)
• Icelandic: slóvaskur, slóvakískur (is)
• Irish: Slóvacach
• Italian: slovacco (it)
• Japanese: スロヴァキアの (ja) (Surovakia no)
• Kazakh: словак (slovak)
• Khmer: ស្លូវ៉ាគី (slouvaakii)
• Korean: 슬로바키아의 (ko) (seullobakiaui)
• Kyrgyz: словак (slovak)
• Lao: ສະໂລວາກີ (lo) (sa lō wā kī)
• Latvian: slovāku, slovākisks
• Lithuanian: slovakų (lt), slovakiškas
• Macedonian: словачки (slovački)
• Malay: Slovak
• Mongolian: словак (slovak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slovakisk (no)

  Nynorsk: slovakisk (nn)

• Occitan: eslovac (oc)
• Persian: اسلواکی (fa) (eslovâki)
• Polish: słowacki (pl)
• Portuguese: eslovaco (pt) m
• Romanian: slovac (ro)
• Russian: слова́цкий (ru) (slováckij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сло̀ва̄чкӣ

  Roman: slòvāčkī (sh)

• Slovak: slovenský (sk)
• Slovene: slováški (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: słowakski (hsb)

• Spanish: eslovaco (es)
• Swedish: slovakisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Eslobako (tl)
• Tajik: словакӣ (tg) (slovaki)
• Thai: สโลวาเกีย (th) (sà-loo-waa-giia)
• Turkish: Slovak (tr)
• Turkmen: slowak
• Ukrainian: слова́цький (uk) (slovácʹkyj)
• Uyghur: سلوۋاك (slowak)
• Uzbek: slovak (uz)
• Vietnamese: Xlô-va-ki-a
• Welsh: Slofacaidd
• Yiddish: סלאָוואַקיש (slovakish)

Noun

Slovak (countable and uncountable, plural Slovaks)

1. (countable) A person from Slovakia or of Slovak descent.
2. (uncountable) The Slavic language of Slovakia.

Synonyms

• Slovakian

Derived terms

• Old Slovak

Translations

native of Slovakia

• Afrikaans: Slowaak
• Albanian: sllovak (sq) m
• Arabic: سْلُوفَاكِيّ m (slūfākiyy), سْلُوفَاكِيَّة (ar) f (slūfākiyya)
• Armenian: սլովակ (slovak)
• Asturian: eslovacu (ast) m, eslovaca (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: slovak
• Basque: eslovakiar
• Belarusian: слава́к m (slavák), слава́чка f (slaváčka)
• Bulgarian: слова́к m (slovák), слова́чка f (slováčka)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Слова́к m (Slovák), Слова́чка f (Slováčka)
• Catalan: eslovac (ca) m, eslovaca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯洛伐克人 (sīluòfákèrén)

• Cornish: Slovak m, Slovakes f
• Czech: Slovák (cs) m, Slovenka (cs) f
• Danish: slovak c
• Dutch: Slowaak (nl) m, Slovaak (nl) m, Slowaakse (nl) f, Slovaakse (nl) f
• Esperanto: slovako, slovakino
• Estonian: slovakk
• Farefare: solovakga
• Faroese: slovaki m
• Finnish: slovakki (fi)
• French: Slovaque (fr) m or f
• Galician: eslovaco (gl) m
• Georgian: სლოვაკი (slovaḳi), სლოვაკელი (slovaḳeli)
• German: Slowake (de) m, Slowakin (de) f
• Hungarian: szlovák (hu)
• Icelandic: Slóvaki m
• Irish: Slóvacach
• Italian: slovacco (it) m, slovacca (it) f
• Japanese: スロヴァキア人 (ja) (スロヴァキアじん, surovakiajin), スロバキア人 (ja) (スロバキアじん, surobakiajin)
• Kazakh: словак (slovak)
• Korean: 슬로바키아인 (seullobakiain), 슬로바키아 사람 (seullobakia saram)
• Kyrgyz: словак (slovak)
• Latvian: slovāks m, slovākiete f
• Lithuanian: slovakas (lt) m, slovakė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Словак m (Slovak), Словачка (mk) f (Slovačka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slovak m

  Nynorsk: slovak (nn) m

• Persian: اسلواکی (fa) (eslovâki)
• Polish: Słowak (pl) m pers, Słowaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: eslovaco (pt) m
• Romanian: slovac (ro) m, slovacă (ro) f
• Russian: слова́к (ru) m (slovák), слова́чка (ru) f (slováčka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сло̀ва̄к m, Слова̀киња f

  Roman: Slòvāk (sh) m, Slovàkinja f

• Slovak: Slovák (sk) m, Slovenka (sk) f
• Slovene: Slovák (sl) m, Slovákinja f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Słowak m, Słowačka f

• Spanish: eslovaco (es) m, eslovaca (es) f
• Swahili: Mslovakia, Mslovaki (sw)
• Swedish: slovak (sv) c, slovakiska (sv) c (female)
• Tajik: словакӣ (tg) (slovaki), словак (slovak)
• Turkish: Slovak (tr), Slovakyalı (tr)
• Turkmen: slowak
• Ukrainian: слова́к (uk) m (slovák), слова́чка (uk) f (slováčka)
• Uyghur: سلوۋاك (slowak)
• Uzbek: slovak (uz)
• Welsh: Slofaciad m or f
• Yiddish: סלאָוואַק m (slovak)

language of Slovakia

• Afrikaans: Slowaaks (af)
• Arabic: سْلُوفَاكِيَّة (ar) f (slūfākiyya)
• Armenian: սլովակերեն (hy) (slovakeren)
• Asturian: eslovacu (ast)
• Basque: eslovakiera (eu)
• Belarusian: слава́цкая мо́ва f (slaváckaja móva), слава́цкая f (slaváckaja)
• Bulgarian: слова́шки m (slováški)
• Carpathian Rusyn: слова́цькы (slovácʹkŷ)
• Catalan: eslovac (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯洛伐克語 / 斯洛伐克语 (zh) (sīluòfákèyǔ)

• Cornish: Slovakek m
• Czech: slovenština (cs) f
• Danish: slovakisk n
• Dutch: Slowaaks (nl) n, Slovaaks (nl) n
• Farefare: solovakre
• Faroese: slovakskt n
• Finnish: slovakki (fi)
• French: slovaque (fr) m
• Galician: eslovaco (gl) m
• Georgian: სლოვაკური (slovaḳuri), სლოვაკური ენა (slovaḳuri ena)
• German: Slowakisch (de) n
• Greek: σλοβάκικα n pl (slovákika)
• Hindi: स्लोवाक् (slovāk)
• Hungarian: szlovák (hu)
• Icelandic: slóvakíska (is) f, slóvaska f
• Irish: Slóvaicis
• Italian: slovacco (it) m
• Japanese: スロヴァキア語 (ja) (スロヴァキアご, surovakiago), スロバキア語 (ja) (スロバキアご, surobakiago)
• Korean: 슬로바키아어 (ko) (seullobakia'eo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: slovakî (ku)

• Latvian: slovāku valoda f, slovāku
• Lithuanian: slovakų kalba, slovakų (lt)
• Macedonian: словачки m (slovački)
• Navajo: Słóbaʼ bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slovakisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: slovakisk (nn) m

• Persian: زبان اسلواکی (zabân eslovâki), اسلواکی (fa) (eslovâki)
• Polish: słowacki (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: eslovaco (pt) m
• Romanian: limba slovacă f, slovacă (ro) f
• Russian: слова́цкий (ru) m (slováckij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: словачки m

  Roman: slovački (sh) m

• Slovak: slovenčina (sk) f
• Slovene: slováščina (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: słowakšćina (hsb) f

• Spanish: eslovaco (es) m
• Swahili: Kislovakia, Kislovaki
• Swedish: slovakiska (sv) c
• Tigrinya: ስሎቨክኛ (səloväkña)
• Turkish: Slovakça (tr)
• Ukrainian: слова́цька мо́ва f (slovácʹka móva), слова́цька (uk) f (slovácʹka)
• Welsh: Slofaceg (cy) f
• Yiddish: סלאָוואַקיש n (slovakish)

See also

• Czechoslovak

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code sk, ISO 639-3 code slk (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Slovak, slk ⁠

Anagrams

• Kovals, Slavko, Valkos

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Slovak Slovák.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slǒʋaːk/
• Hyphenation: Slo‧vak

Proper noun

Slòvāk m (Cyrillic spelling Сло̀ва̄к)

1. A Slovak, Slovakian (male person)

Declension

Declension of Slovak

	singular	plural
nominative	Slòvāk	Slováci
genitive	Slovaka	Slovaka
dative	Slovaku	Slovacima
accusative	Slovaka	Slovake
vocative	Slovače	Slovaci
locative	Slovaku	Slovacima
instrumental	Slovakom	Slovacima

Related terms

• Slovàkinja
• Slòvāčkā

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovak Slovák.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɔʋàːk/
• Rhymes: -àːk
• Hyphenation: Slo‧vak

Noun

Slovák m anim (female equivalent Slovákinja)

1. Slovak, Slovakian

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, animate) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	Slovák
gen. sing.	Slováka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	Slovák	Slováka	Slováki
genitive rodȋlnik	Slováka	Slovákov, Slovȃkov	Slovákov, Slovȃkov
dative dajȃlnik	Slováku, Slováki	Slovákoma, Slovákama	Slovákom, Slovákam
accusative tožȋlnik	Slováka	Slováka	Slováke
locative mẹ̑stnik	Slováku, Slováki	Slovákih, Slovȃkih	Slovákih, Slovȃkih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	Slovákom	Slovákoma, Slovákama	Slováki, Slovȃki
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	Slovák	Slováka	Slováki

Related terms

(adjectives):

• slovȃški

(nouns):

• slováščina f

(proper nouns):

• Slovȃška f

Further reading

• “Slovak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Slovak”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Turkish

Etymology

From Slovak Slovák.

Proper noun

Slovak

1. Slovak (person of Slovak descent)

Declension

Declension of Slovak

	singular	plural
nominative	Slovak	Slovaklar
definite accusative	Slovak'ı	Slovakları
dative	Slovak'a	Slovaklara
locative	Slovak'ta	Slovaklarda
ablative	Slovak'tan	Slovaklardan
genitive	Slovak'ın	Slovakarın