raza

See also: Appendix:Variations of "raza"

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraθa/ [ˈra.θa]
• Rhymes: -aθa
• Syllabification: ra‧za

Noun

raza f (plural races)

1. race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈraθa/ [ˈra.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈraθa/ [ˈra.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈrasa/ [ˈra.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -aθa

• Rhymes: -aθa
• Rhymes: -asa

• Hyphenation: ra‧za

Etymology 1

Attested since the late 15th century. Probably from Old Spanish raça, whose etymology is obscure.

Noun

raza m (plural razas)

1. race
2. breed

Etymology 2

From Latin radius. Doublet of raio and raxo.

Noun

raza m (plural razas)

1. ray

   Synonym: raio

2. spoke
3. crack, fissure in the nails or hoofs of cows, horses or pigs

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “raça”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “raza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “raza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “raza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladin

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧za

Noun

raza f (plural razes)

1. race (group of people)

Livonian

Noun

raza

1. Salaca form of razā (“fat”)

References

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrātu, from Proto-Germanic *hrētō.

Noun

rāȥa f

1. honeycomb

Declension

Declension of rāȥa (feminine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	rāȥa	rāȥūn
accusative	rāȥūn	rāȥūn
genitive	rāȥūn	rāȥōno
dative	rāȥūn	rāȥōm, rāȥōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: rāȥe f

References

• Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎^[3], second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /raza/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /raza/

Noun

raza f

1. alternative form of raz

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈra.za/

Noun

raza m inan

1. Middle Polish form of raz

Declension

Attested forms of raza

	singular	plural
nominative	raza	razy
genitive	—	raz
dative	—	razom
accusative	—	razy
instrumental	razą	razy/razami
locative	razie	raziech/razach
vocative	—	—

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴌𐴝𐴎𐴝 (raza) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

raza (Hanifi spelling 𐴌𐴝𐴎𐴝)

1. king

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraza]

Noun

raza f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of rază

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraθa/ [ˈra.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈrasa/ [ˈra.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ra‧za
• Homophone: (Latin America) rasa

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Italian razza (compare other Romance cognates such as French race, Catalan raça, Occitan raça).

Noun

raza f (plural razas)

1. race, ethnicity

   La ascendencia compartida es lo que define a las razas.

   Shared ancestry is what defines races.

   la raza ― the people, mestizos (localism referring to the mixed-race population that is found throughout Latin America)

2. breed, strain, lineage

   ¿Cómo es que yo nunca he oído de esa raza de perro antes?

   How is it that I've never heard of that dog breed before?

Derived terms

• de raza
• Día de la Raza
• raza humana
• raza superior

Related terms

• racismo
• racista

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish raça, from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius. Probably a doublet of raya. Compare also Romanian rază (“ray of light”).

Noun

raza f (plural razas)

1. cleft, fissure
2. beam of light, ray of light
3. crack (in a horse’s hoof)
4. stripe

Related terms

• raya
• rayo

Further reading

• “raza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024