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Caucasian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /-ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kɔːˈkeɪ.ʒən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kɑˈkeɪ.ʒən/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /kɔːˈkeɪ.zɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kɔˈkeɪ.ʒən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Caucasus (“mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea”) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘from, related to, or like’, or forming nouns with the sense ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’). The anthropological sense (no longer regarded as scientific) was popularized by the German anthropologist and physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), based on the belief that the first humans originated from there. Noun sense 2 (“cocktail”) was popularized by the film The Big Lebowski (1998): see the quotation.

Meanings

  1. Of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people.
  2. (dated) Of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Central, South, and Western Asia.
  3. (broadly) Of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry; white.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most Caucasian Degree=Sup lexicographic
more Caucasian Degree=Cmp lexicographic
caucasian alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Caucasian newt · Caucasian agama · Caucasian squirrel · North Caucasian Federal District · Caucasian salamander · Caucasian shepherd · Caucasian mole · Caucasian bluestem · Caucasian moose · Caucasian birch mouse · Caucasian Iberia · Caucasian clover · Caucasian tur · Caucasian snow vole · Caucasian honey bee · Caucasian ash · Caucasian zelkova · Caucasian goby · Caucasity · Caucasian Albanian · Caucasian smooth newt · Dené-Caucasian · Caucasian shepherd dog · Caucasian ovcharka · Caucasian grouse · Caucasian leopard · Caucasian walnut · Caucasian elk · Caucasian snowcock · Caucasian wildcat · Caucasian dwarf goby · Caucasian persimmon · Caucasianness · Caucasian Albania · Caucasian goat · Caucasian mountain ground squirrel · Dene-Caucasian · Caucasian snowdrop · Caucasian bear · South Caucasian · Caucasian alder · Caucasian lily · Caucasian wingnut · Caucasian black grouse · Caucasian nettle tree · Caucasian bladdernut · Caucasian badger · Caucasian lynx · Caucasian Azerbaijan · Caucasian comfrey · Caucasian hackberry · Caucasian peony · Caucasian whortleberry

Relateds

Caucasic · Caucasoid · Caucasus

Synonyms

Caucasic · Caucasoid · Europid

Translations (69)

ar أَحْمَرِيّ (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · pt caucasiano (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · ar قَوْقَازِيّ (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · bg европеиден (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · cop ⲕⲁⲩⲕⲟⲥ (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · da kaukasisk (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · ar يَافِثِيّ (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · ar قَوْقَازِيّ (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · ru европе́йский (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · ro caucazian (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · cop ⲭⲁⲩⲕⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · sk kaukazský (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · ab акавказтә (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · es caucáseo (disused) (of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry) · cs kavkazský (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · ru кавка́зский (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · hy սպիտակամորթ (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · fi valkoihoinen (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · el καυκασιανός (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · srn bakra (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · es caucásico (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · ca caucàsic (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · srn bakra (of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry) · ca caucasià (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · ru европео́идный (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · srn yobo (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · srn wetiman (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · da kaukasisk (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · ro caucaziană (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · ru бе́лый (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · tr Kafkas (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · tr Kafkas (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · bg кавка́зки (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · apw indaa (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · eo kaŭkaza (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · pl kaukaski (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · os кавказаг (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · es caucáseo (disused) (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · tl Kawkasin (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · es caucásico (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · ka კავკასიური (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · ka კავკასიური (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · mnk toubob (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · fi kaukasialainen (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · ka ევროპეოიდური (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · ca caucàsic (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · hy կովկասյան (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · ce кавказхойн (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · es caucáseo (disused) (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · fa قفقازی (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · ce кӏайн (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · hu kaukázusi (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · pl kaukaski (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · sv kaukasisk (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · ka კავკასიის (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · sv kaukasisk (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · lkt wasicu (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · nn kaukasisk (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · nb kaukasisk (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · ga Cugasach (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · el καυκασιανός (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · inh кавказски (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · fr caucasien (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · es caucasiano (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · haw haole (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · es caucásico (of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry) · de kaukasisch (of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people) · fi valkoinen (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin) · pt caucasiano (of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin)

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Caucasian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /-ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kɔːˈkeɪ.ʒən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kɑˈkeɪ.ʒən/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /kɔːˈkeɪ.zɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kɔˈkeɪ.ʒən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Caucasus (“mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea”) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘from, related to, or like’, or forming nouns with the sense ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’). The anthropological sense (no longer regarded as scientific) was popularized by the German anthropologist and physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), based on the belief that the first humans originated from there. Noun sense 2 (“cocktail”) was popularized by the film The Big Lebowski (1998): see the quotation.

Meanings

  1. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
  2. (humorous, qualifier:alcoholic beverages) Synonym of White Russian (“a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, milk, and vodka”).
    • I'll go out and mingle. Jesus, you mix a hell of a Caucasian, Jackie. 1998 January 18, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Jeffrey (“The Dude”) Lebowski (Jeff Bridges):
  3. (dated) A member of the Caucasian racial classification (adjective sense 2).
  4. A group of languages spoken in the Caucasus region.
  5. (Canada, US) A white person.
    • The male Caucasian, twenty-four, a skier, was said to have been missing for over three hours. 2008, Ridley Pearson, chapter 2, in Killer View, Jove premium edition, New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, published 2009, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
caucasian alternative lexicographic
Caucasians Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

South Caucasian · Northeast Caucasian

Synonyms

white · oyinbo · hoojah · cumskin · Caucasian · ivory · snow bunny · snow roach · paddy · ang moh · white bread · balanda · ice monkey · toubab · Pakeha · umlungu · cracker · vazaha · migaloo · abelungu · cornstarch crusader · wonderbread · laowai · Whitoid · leucoderm · gringo · Eurangutan · mzungu · Yankee · firangi · pinky · Angrez · hoogie · paleface · mayonnaise face · roundeye · joganosh · mayo monkey · whiteface · whiteboy · Yakubian · farang · honky · bule · kabloona · white devil · vanilla · White Russian · gussuk · gweilo · saltine · mayo · ofay · European · cac · béké · mlungu · wigger · haole · wadjela · melanin-challenged · gora · pigskin · white man · whitey

Translations (115)

ny mzungu (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · sv kaukasier (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · apm indaałigańde (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · fr Caucasien (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · nb kaukasier (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · apj Ma̠gáanii (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · da kaukasier (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · os кавказаг (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · th คนผิวขาว (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · cmn 白種人 /白种人 (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · fr Blanche (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · de Weißer (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · lut pastəd (white person) · srn yobo (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · tr Kafkas (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · sv kaukas (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · cmn 洋人 (white person) · pt caucasiana (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · srn wetiman (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · he קווקזית (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · pt caucasiano (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · oj waabishkiiwe (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · he קווקזי (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · hy սպիտակամորթ (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · twf phonsáyna (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · kyh mákay (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ru кавка́зец (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · ru бе́лая (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · hy կովկասցի (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · pt caucasiano (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · fr Caucasienne (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ar يَافِثِيَّة (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · tr Kafkasyalı (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · el Καυκάσιος (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · ja 白人 (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ru бе́лый (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · gul buckruh (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · eo kaŭkazano (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · ka კავკასიელი (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · mi pākehā (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · eo blankulo (white person) · az qafqazlı (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · kyh apxantínihich (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ka თეთრი (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · da kaukasier (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · esu kass'aq (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ga Cugasach (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · tfn gasht’ana (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · nv bilagáana (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · eo kaŭkazanino (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · apm indaa (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ka ევროპეოიდი (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · apm indaałigaénde (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · apw inná (white person) · oj zhaaganaash (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · vi người trắng (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ar قَوْقَازِيَّة (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · fi valkoinen (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · tl Kawkaseyo (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · es caucásico (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · es caucásico (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · fr Caucasienne (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · cmn 白人 (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · apw indaa (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ka თეთრკანიანი (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · eo kaŭkazulo (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ko 백인 (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ar حَمْرَاء (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · tr Kafkasyalı (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · ru европе́йка (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · tr Kafkas (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · es caucáseo (disused) (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · sv kaukasiska (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · cmn 高鼻子 (white person) · pt caucasiana (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · ja カフカース人 (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · ka თეთრი რასა (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · vi người da trắng (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · zu umlungu (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · de Kaukasierin (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · kyh simsimtâar (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · mnk toubob (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · de Europide (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ar قَوْقَازِيّ (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · ar قَوْقَازِيّ (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · oj ᔖᑲᓈᐦᔥ (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ki Mũthũngũ (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · cs Kavkazan (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · kcg Nsala (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · de Kaukasier (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · es caucasiano (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · cs běloch (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · fi valkoihoinen (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ru европе́ец (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · it bianco (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · cmn 白人 (white person) · fi kaukasialainen (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · lkt wasicu (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · fr Blanc (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · de Weiße (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · kk кавказдық (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · yue 鬼佬 (white person) · apm (Mescalero) indaa’ (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · srn bakra (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · chy vé'ho'e (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · haw haole (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ar أَحْمَرِيّ (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ru европео́ид (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · apw innaa (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · cmn 高加索人 (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · apm dáadatł’ijénde (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · cs europoid (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · el Καυκάσια (native or inhabitant of the Caucasus) · fr Caucasien (member of the Caucasian racial classification) · ar يَافِثِيّ (member of the Caucasian racial classification)

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