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triracial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From tri- + racial.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to three races.
    • Allen has an Afro-Caribbean mom and Chinese-Greek dad, making him triracial.
    • Within the Latin American triracial system, a great emphasis is placed on color gradations, phenotype, and class status when bestowing racial status, according to whether such factors closely approximate a notion of whiteness. 2009, Evelyn Glenn, Shades of Difference: Why Skin Color Matters, →ISBN, page 243:

Deriveds

triracially

Relateds

biracial

Translations (3)

de dreirassig (Of or relating to three races.) · fi kolmirotuinen (Of or relating to three races.) · ru трёхра́совый (Of or relating to three races.)