ethnic
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- ethnick (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From French ethnique, from Latin ethnicus, from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikos, “of or for a nation, national”), from ἔθνος (ethnos, “a company, later a people, nation”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɛθnɪk/
[edit] Adjective
ethnic (comparative more ethnic, superlative most ethnic)
- Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, national, religious or cultural origins.
- There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands
- Belonging to a foreign culture.
- I like to eat ethnic food
- (historical) heathen, not Judeo-Christian
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Related terms
- ethnicity
- ethnically
- ethnical
- ethnicity
- ethnocentric
- ethno-cultural
- ethnography
- ethnologeny
- ethnology
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
of or relating to a group of people
heathen, not Judeo-Christian
belonging to a foreign culture
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[edit] Noun
ethnic (plural ethnics)
- An ethnic person, notably said when a foreigner or member of an immigrant community
- An ethnic minority
[edit] Translations
ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant
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ethnic minority
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[edit] External links
- ethnic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ethnic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
