English
Etymology
half- + breed
Noun
half-breed (plural half-breeds)
- (derogatory) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage.
In South Korean society, which extols the virtues of ethnic purity, "half-breed" people are viewed with disdain and contempt.
Translations
derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry
- Armenian: խառնածին (hy) (xaṙnacin), մետիս (hy) (metis)
- Cheyenne: tsêhésevé'ho'e
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 混血兒／混血儿 (zh) (hùnxuè'ér), 混血儿 (zh) (hùnxuè'ér)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: puoliverinen
- French: métis (fr) m, métisse (fr) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Mischling (de) m
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- Hebrew: בֶּן תַּעֲרוֹבֶת m (ben ta'aróvet)
- Japanese: 混血児 (こんけつじ, konketsuji)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Kumyk: япсар (yapsar)
- Latin: hibrida m, (Late) mixticius
- Mongolian: эрлийз (mn) (erliiz)
- Russian: полукро́вка (ru) m or f (polukróvka), мети́с (ru) m (metís), мети́ска (ru) f (metíska)
- Spanish: mestizo (es) m, mestiza (es) f
- Volapük: (♂♀) mestit, (♂) himestit, (♀) jimestit
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See also
Adjective
half-breed
- (of an animal) having one purebred parent; hybrid
