mulatto

English

Etymology

From Spanish or Portuguese mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mulus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules..

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ

Noun

mulatto (plural mulattoes or mulattos)

1. (often pejorative) A person of mixed African and Caucasian descent.
2. (census) Anyone born to two half-African and half-Caucasian parents.
3. (census) Anyone who is three quarters African and one quarter Caucasian, or one quarter African and three quarters Caucasian.

Translations

A person of mixed African and Caucasian descent

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑白混血兒 (cmn), 黑白混血儿 (cmn) (hēibái hùnxiěr)

• Danish: mulat (da) c
• Finnish: mulatti (fi)
• French: mulâtre (fr) m, mulâtresse (fr) f
• German: Mulatte (de) m, Mulattin (de) f
• Greek: μιγάς (migas) m
• Hebrew: בן–תערובות (he) (ben-ta'a`rovot)

• Hungarian: mulatt (hu)
• Italian: mulatto (it) m
• Japanese: ムラート (ja) (murāto)
• Portuguese: mulato (pt) m
• Russian: мулат (ru) (mulát) m, мулатка (ru) (mulátka) f
• Slovene: mulat (sl)
• Volapük: (male or female) mulat (vo), (male) himulat (vo), (female) jimulat (vo), (male or female offspring, young) mulatül (vo), (male offspring, young) himulatül (vo), (female offspring, young) jimulatül (vo)

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Italian

Adjective

mulatto m (f mulatta, m plural mulatti, f plural mulatte)

1. mulatto (attributive)

Noun

mulatto m (plural mulatti) (Feminine: mulatta)

1. mulatto

Anagrams

• multato