baltic

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages
2. 2.

   of or near or on the Baltic Sea

   “The Baltic republics”

Other forms of baltic

plural

baltics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about baltic

What does baltic mean?

baltic means "a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in baltic?

baltic has 2 syllables: bal-tic. The stress falls on "bal". In IPA it is /ˈbɔltɪk/.

What is another word for baltic?

Close synonyms include Baltic Sea, Baltic language. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baltic a common word?

baltic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.