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Etymology
From en Croat -ian or en Croatia -an.
Pronunciation
en /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃən/ UK
en /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən/ US
en en-us-Croatian.ogg US
en eɪʃən 3
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.
en Peter Valdes-Dapena Bugatti’s new car is a $4 million, 1,800 horsepower hybrid w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/cars/bugatti-horsepower-hybrid/index.html 2024-06-20 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250416063744/https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/cars/bugatti-horsepower-hybrid/index.html 16 April 2025
Derived terms
en Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Croat Croatianness Croatian checkerboard Croatianise Croatianism Croatianize
Translations
of or pertaining to Croatia
Afrikaans: af Kroaties
Albanian: sq kroat
Arabic: ar كُرُوَاتِيّ
Armenian: hy խորվաթական
Asturian: ast croata
Azerbaijani: az xorvat
Basque: eu kroaziar
Belarusian: be харва́цкі
Bulgarian: bg хърва́тски
Burmese: my ခရိုအေးရှား
Catalan: ca croat
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克羅地亞 克羅地亞的 Kèluódìyà de
Crimean Tatar: crh hırvat
Czech: cs chorvatský
Danish: da kroatisk
Dutch: nl Kroatisch
Esperanto: eo kroata
Estonian: et kroatia
Finnish: fi kroatialainen
French: fr croate
Galician: gl croata
Georgian: ka ხორვატული
German: de kroatisch
Greek: el κροατικός
Hebrew: he קְרוֹאָטִי m kroati
Hindi: hi क्रोएशियाई
Hungarian: hu horvát
Icelandic: is króatískur
Indonesian: id Kroasia
Irish: ga Crótach
Javanese: jv Kroasia
Kashubian: csb chòrwacczi
Kazakh: kk хорват
Khmer: km ក្រូអាស៊ី
Kyrgyz: ky хорват
Lao: lo ໂຄຣເອເຊຍ
Latin: la croaticus
Latvian: lv horvātu, lv horvātisks
Lithuanian: lt kroatų, lt kroatiškas
Macedonian: mk хрватски m
Malay: ms Croatia
Marathi: mr क्रोएशियन
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn хорват
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb kroatisk
Nynorsk: nn kroatisk
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu хрьватьскъ
Persian: fa کروآت koro-ât
Polish: pl chorwacki m
Portuguese: pt croata
Romanian: ro croat
Russian: ru хорва́тский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh хр̀ва̄тски
Latin: sh hr̀vātski
Slovak: sk chorvátsky
Slovene: sl hrváški
Spanish: es croata
Swedish: sv kroatisk
Tajik: tg хорватӣ
Thai: th โครเอเชีย
Turkmen: tk horwat
Ukrainian: uk хорва́тський
Uyghur: ug كرودىيە
Uzbek: uz xorvat
Vietnamese: vi Crô-a-ti-a
Noun
An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.
en 2006 J. M. Smits Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law 352 1847200206 [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’[.]
en Greg Botelho U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/03/europe/croatia-serbia-genocide/index.html 2015-02-03 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260212085156/https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/03/europe/croatia-serbia-genocide/index.html 12 February 2026
Usage notes
A distinction is sometimes made between en Croat a person of Croatian ethnicity/descent and en Croatian a person from Croatia but not necessarily an ethnic Croat.
Translations
person of Croatia
Afrikaans: af Kroaat
Albanian: sq kroat m, sq kroate f
Arabic: ar كُرُوَاتِيّ m, ar كُرُوَاتِيَّة f
Armenian: hy խորվաթ
Aromanian: rup cruat m, rup cruatã f
Asturian: ast croata
Azerbaijani: az xorvat
Basque: eu kroaziar
Belarusian: be харва́т m, be харва́тка f
Bulgarian: bg хърва́тин m, bg хърва́тка f
Catalan: ca croat m, ca croata f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克羅地亞人 kèluōdìyàrén
Crimean Tatar: crh hırvat
Czech: cs Chorvat m, cs Chorvatka f, cs Charvát m, cs Charvátka f
Danish: da kroat c, da kroater c
Dutch: nl Kroaat m, nl Kroatische f, nl Kroaten p
Esperanto: eo kroato
Estonian: et horvaat
Faroese: fo kroati
Finnish: fi kroaatti, fi kroatialainen
French: fr Croate, fr Croates p
Galician: gl croata m f
Georgian: ka ხორვატი
German: de Kroate m, de Kroatin f
Gottscheerish: gmw-gts Khərbot
Greek: el Κροάτης m, el Κροάτισσα f
Hebrew: he קְרוֹאָטִי m kroati, he קְרוֹאָטִית f kroatít
Hindi: hi क्रोएशियाई
Hindi: hi क्रोट
Hungarian: hu horvát
Icelanfic: is Króati m
Irish: ga Crótach m
Italian: it croato m, it croata f
Japanese: ja クロアチア人 クロアチアじん, kuroachiajin
Kazakh: kk хорват
Korean: ko 크로아티아인, ko 크로아티아 사람
Kyrgyz: ky хорват
Latvian: lv horvāts m, lv horvātiete f
Lithuanian: lt kroatas m, lt kroatė f
Luxembourgish: lb Kroat m, lb Kroatin f
Macedonian: mk Хрват m, mk Хрватка f
Malay: ms orang Croatia
Marathi: mr क्रोएशियन
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb kroat m
Nynorsk: nn kroat m
Persian: fa کروآت koro-ât
Polish: pl Chorwat m-pr, pl Chorwatka f
Portuguese: pt croata m f
Romanian: ro croat m, ro croată f
Russian: ru хорва́т m, ru хорва́тка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Хр̀ва̄т m, sh Хрва̀тица f
Latin: sh Hr̀vāt m, sh Hrvàtica f
Slovak: sk Chorvát m, sk Chorvátka f
Slovene: sl Hrvàt m, sl Hrvatíca f
Spanish: es croata m f
Swedish: sv kroat m, sv kroatiska f
Tajik: tg хорват
Tatar: tt хорват
Turkish: tr Hırvat, tr Hırvatistanlı
Turkmen: tk horwat
Ukrainian: uk хорва́т m, uk хорва́тка f
Uyghur: ug كرودىيىلىك
Uzbek: uz xorvat
Vietnamese: vi người Crô-a-ti-a
Proper noun
en Q6654A standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Croats.
en historical Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Croatia.
Translations
the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Afrikaans: af Kroaties
Albanian: sq gjuha kroate f
Amharic: am ክሮሽያንኛ
Arabic: ar كُرُوَاتِيَّة f
Armenian: hy խորվաթերեն
Asturian: ast croata
Azerbaijani: az horvat
Basque: eu kroaziera
Belarusian: be харва́цкая мо́ва f, be харва́цкая f
Breton: br Kroateg
Bulgarian: bg хърватски m
Catalan: ca croat m
Cherokee: chr ᎧᎶᎠᏥ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克羅地亞語 kèluōdìyàyǔ
Crimean Tatar: crh hırvat tili
Czech: cs chorvatština f, cs charvátština f
Danish: da kroatisk
Dutch: nl Kroatisch n
Estonian: et horvaadi
Faroese: fo Kroatiskt
Finnish: fi kroatia, fi kroaatti
French: fr croate m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Kroätysk
Galician: gl croata m
Georgian: ka ხორვატული
German: de Kroatisch n
Alemannic German: gsw Kroadisch
Greek: el κροατικά n p
Hebrew: he קְרוֹאָטִית kroatít
Hindi: hi क्रोएशियाई
Hungarian: hu horvát
Icelandic: is króatíska f
Indonesian: id Kroasia
Irish: ga Cróitis f
Italian: it croato m
Japanese: ja クロアチア語 クロアチアご, kuroachiago
Korean: ko 크로아티아어
Latvian: lv horvātu
Lithuanian: lt kroatų, lt chorvatiškai
Macedonian: mk хрватски
Malay: ms bahasa Croatia
Maltese: mt Kroat
Marathi: mr क्रोएशियन f
Mongolian: mn хорват, mn хорвати
Navajo: nv Kwóóʼad bizaad
Nepali: ne क्रोएसियाली
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb kroatisk m
Nynorsk: nn kroatisk m
Occitan: oc Croat m
Persian: fa کروآت koro-ât
Polish: język pl chorwacki m
Portuguese: pt croata m
Romanian: ro croată f
Russian: ru хорва́тский m
Scots: sco Croatie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh хр̀ва̄тски m
Latin: sh hr̀vātski m
Slovak: sk chorvátčina f
Slovene: sl hrváščina f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb chorwatska rěc f, dsb chorwatšćina f
Upper Sorbian: hsb chorwatska rěč f, hsb chorwatšćina f
Spanish: es croata m
Swahili: sw Kikroashia
Swedish: sv kroatiska
Tamil: ta சுராவேசியன்
Tatar: tt Хорват
Thai: th ภาษาคโรเอะ, th ภาษาโครเอเชีย
Turkish: tr Hırvatça
Ukrainian: uk хорва́тська f
Urdu: ur کراتی krati
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Cro-xi-an
Walloon: wa Crowåte
Welsh: cy Croataidd
See also
en Serbo-Croatian
Further reading
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Anagrams
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