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ethnic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós)bor. Latin ethnicusbor. Middle English ethnik English ethnic From Middle English ethnik, from Latin ethnicus ("pagan", "heathen"), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”). By surface analysis, ethno- + -ic.

Meanings

  1. Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
    • The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there. 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021:
    • Studies also show that absentee ballots cast by voters who are younger or from racial and ethnic minority groups are rejected at higher rates than other absentee ballots. 2020 September 14, Richard H. Pildes, “The three words that can avert an election nightmare”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2022:
  2. Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.
    • I like to eat ethnic food
  3. Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
    • popular music is usually positioned between classical music on the one hand and folk or ethnic music on the other. 2012, Michael Campbell., Popular Music in America: The Beat Goes On:
    • Indeed, such ethnic music festivals were probably common throughout the country 2008, Ronald D. Cohen, A History of Folk Music Festivals in the United States:
    • contemporary artists are victims of the dichotomization of fine art and folk or ethnic art, where the latter must evince standardized techniques of simplicity, naivete, naturalism, and exoticism. 1990, European Review of Native American Studies Volumess 4-6:
    • Once you dig below the surface you discover folk, grassroots, and ethnic music throughout the United States 2012, Kip Lornell., Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions:
  4. (historical) Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ethnick alternative, obsolete lexicographic
more ethnic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most ethnic Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

antiethnic · coethnic · interethnic · multiethnic · subethnic · metroethnic · ethnic minority · supra-ethnic · pluriethnic · ethnic cleansing · ethnic group · ethnicism · monoethnic · homoethnic · polyethnic · transethnic · postethnic · socioethnic · proethnic · ethnic music · ethnic gloss · ethnicky · ethnic purge · ethnic cleanser · ethnicize · ethnicist · biethnic · intraethnic · ethnic studies · geoethnic · meta-ethnic · ethnic majority · ethnicization · nonethnic · ethnicistic

Relateds

ethnical · ethnically · ethnicity · ethnography · ethnology · ethnocultural · ethnologeny · ethnocentric

Synonyms

exotic (culturally foreign) · gentile (heathen) · pagan (heathen)

Translations (89)

lt etninis (of or relating to a group of people) · kk этностық (of or relating to a group of people) · hy էթնիկ (of or relating to a group of people) · ja 民族の (of or relating to a group of people) · pt étnico (of or relating to a group of people) · sk etnický (of or relating to a group of people) · nrf ethnique (of or relating to a group of people) · fi etninen (belonging to a foreign culture) · de international (belonging to a foreign culture) · fa قومی (of or relating to a group of people) · sl etničen (of or relating to a group of people) · it etnico (of or relating to a group of people) · bg езически (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim) · crh qavmiy (of or relating to a group of people) · oc etnic (of or relating to a group of people) · he אֶתְנִי (of or relating to a group of people) · es étnico (of or relating to a group of people) · id etnis (of or relating to a group of people) · tg қавмӣ (of or relating to a group of people) · da etnisk (belonging to a foreign culture) · hi संजातीय (of or relating to a group of people) · it etnico (belonging to a foreign culture) · sh ètničkī (of or relating to a group of people) · nl vreemd (belonging to a foreign culture) · de ausländisch (belonging to a foreign culture) · ko 이국(異國)의 (belonging to a foreign culture) · ast étnicu (of or relating to a group of people) · ca ètnic (of or relating to a group of people) · nl etnisch (belonging to a foreign culture) · ru этни́ческий (of or relating to a group of people) · kk этникалық (of or relating to a group of people) · ru язы́ческий (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim) · el εθνικός (of or relating to a group of people) · be этні́чны (of or relating to a group of people) · crh etnik (of or relating to a group of people) · ar عِرْقِيّ (of or relating to a group of people) · tl etniko (of or relating to a group of people) · uz etnik (of or relating to a group of people) · sv etnisk (of or relating to a group of people) · ko 이국적(異國的)이다 (belonging to a foreign culture) · de exotisch (belonging to a foreign culture) · sv etnisk (belonging to a foreign culture) · tr etnik (of or relating to a group of people) · da fremmed (belonging to a foreign culture) · nl etnisch (of or relating to a group of people) · da etnisk (of or relating to a group of people) · gl étnico (of or relating to a group of people) · bcl etniko (of or relating to a group of people) · cs etnický (of or relating to a group of people) · az etnik (of or relating to a group of people) · fi pakanallinen (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim) · pl etniczny (of or relating to a group of people) · ca ètnic (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim) · mk етнички (of or relating to a group of people) · bn পৌত্তলিক (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim) · eo etna (of or relating to a group of people) · fi etninen (of or relating to a group of people) · hy ազգային (of or relating to a group of people) · tg этникӣ (of or relating to a group of people) · sq etnik (of or relating to a group of people) · uk етні́чний (of or relating to a group of people) · ro etnic (of or relating to a group of people) · id etnik (of or relating to a group of people) · ko 민족(民族)의 (of or relating to a group of people) · sh ѐтничкӣ (of or relating to a group of people) · ca pagà (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim) · nl exotisch (belonging to a foreign culture) · is þjóðernis- (of or relating to a group of people) · lv etnisks (of or relating to a group of people) · ky этникалык (of or relating to a group of people) · bg народностен (of or relating to a group of people) · nn etnisk (of or relating to a group of people) · th ชาติพันธุ์ (of or relating to a group of people) · ms etnik (of or relating to a group of people) · et etniline (of or relating to a group of people) · cmn 民族 (of or relating to a group of people) · ga eitneach (of or relating to a group of people) · da hedning (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim) · da eksotisk (belonging to a foreign culture) · hi नस्ली (of or relating to a group of people) · nb etnisk (of or relating to a group of people) · hu etnikai (of or relating to a group of people) · fr ethnique (of or relating to a group of people) · vi dân tộc (of or relating to a group of people) · de ethnisch (of or relating to a group of people) · ru национа́льный (of or relating to a group of people) · af etnies (of or relating to a group of people) · ka ეთნიკური (of or relating to a group of people) · bg етни́чески (of or relating to a group of people)

ethnic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós)bor. Latin ethnicusbor. Middle English ethnik English ethnic From Middle English ethnik, from Latin ethnicus ("pagan", "heathen"), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”). By surface analysis, ethno- + -ic.

Meanings

  1. An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
  2. (archaic) A heathen, a pagan.
    • ..for the learned know that even in St. Jerome's time, the consul of Rome and his wife were both Ethnics, and about the same time the greatest part of the senate also... 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Preface ::
    • ...And the people of God, redeemed and washed with Christ's blood, and dignified with so many glorious titles of saints and sons in the Gospel, are now no better reputed than impure ethnics and lay dogs... 1641, John Milton, Of Reformation in England:
  3. (in classical scholarship) The demonym of an Ancient Greek city.
    • Coinage with the ethnic ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΕΥΦΡΑΤΗΝ survives from the mid-second century A.D. 2006. Cohen. The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin & North Africa, 151

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ethnics Number=Plur lexicographic
ethnick alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Translations (5)

nl vreemdeling (ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant) · de Ausländer (ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant) · nl (etnische) minderheid (ethnic minority) · de Fremder (ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant) · km ជនជាតិ (ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant)