multiracial

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ racial

Adjective

multiracial (comparative more multiracial, superlative most multiracial)

1. Composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races

Translations

of, or having a mixture of, multiple races

• Afrikaans: veelrassig (af)
• Czech: multirasový
• Greek: πολυφυλετικός (el) m (polyfyletikós)
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• Italian: multirazziale
• Portuguese: multirracial
• Russian: многора́совый (ru) (mnogorásovyj)

Noun

multiracial (plural multiracials)

1. An individual of more than one race.
   • 2008 March 23, Peggy Orenstein, “Mixed Messenger”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Hawaii, Obama’s childhood home, is the most diverse state in the Union: 21 percent of residents identified as “Hapa,” a Hawaiian word meaning “half” that has gone from being a slur against mixed-race Asians to a point of pride —— and has increasingly been adopted by multiracials of all kinds on the Mainland.

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French

Etymology

multi- +‎ racial

Adjective

multiracial (feminine multiraciale, masculine plural multiraciaux, feminine plural multiraciales)

1. multiracial