Slovak
/ˈsləʊvak
/noun
1A native or inhabitant of Slovakia, or a person of Slovak descent.The other recognized minorities are Slovaks, Croatians, Serbians, Romanians, Slovenians, Germans, Greeks, Ukrainians and Armenians....
- My ward was made up of Polish, Ukrainians, Russians, Greeks, Slovaks, Appalachians, Puerto Ricans, blacks.
- The remaining 3.9 percent is made up of Germans, Slovaks, South Slavs, Gypsies, and Romanians.
2 [mass noun] The Western Slavic language of Slovakia, with about 5 million speakers.She also speaks German and Russian, and as a Czech speaker understands Slovak....
- In the nineteenth century, Ján Kollár participated in the development of a written form of Slovak that combined the western and central dialects.
- I speak English, Romanian, Slovak, and some Hungarian, your majesty.
adjective
Relating to the Slovaks or their language.Hundley, who was in the country on an educational scholarship, was interviewed about the difficulties of learning the Slovak language....
- Like those of other Eastern European languages, Slovak words feature clusters of consonants; some words have practically no vowels at all.
- Bourgas police reported that two Slovak citizens were robbed of 600 leva, $100, 200 euro and two mobile phones in their lodging place in Primorsko resort on August 14.
Origin
The name in Slovak, from a Slavic root shared with Slovene and perhaps related to slovo 'word'.