"Croatism" meaning in English

See Croatism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Croatisms [plural], Croatianism [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъbor. Medieval Latin Croatalbor. English Croat Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Croatism From Croat + -ism. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|Croat|-ism<id:action nouns>|text=*|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъbor. Medieval Latin Croatalbor. English Croat Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Croatism [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "Croat", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Slavic", "term" : "*xъrvatъ", "gloss" : "Croat", "lang" : "sla-pro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "Croata", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-med" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Croat", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "action nouns", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-μός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ισμός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ism", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Croatism", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Croatism"> From Croat + -ism. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Croatism (plural Croatisms)
  1. (rhetoric) A word or other feature originating from or characteristic of the Croatian language. Tags: rhetoric
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  2. A nationalistic ideology declaring being Croatian is the highest value. Wikidata QID: Q1265120
    Sense id: en-Croatism-en-noun-en:Q1265120 Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 45 55

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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