eth·nic ( th n k)adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sizable group of people sharing a common and distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage. b. Being a member of a particular ethnic group, especially belonging to a national group by heritage or culture but residing outside its national boundaries: ethnic Hungarians living in northern Serbia. 2. Relating to a people not Christian or Jewish. n. A member of a particular ethnic group, especially one who maintains the language or customs of the group. [Middle English, heathen, from Late Latin ethnicus, from Greek ethnikos, from ethnos, people, nation; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.] Word History: When it is said in a Middle English text written before 1400 that a part of a temple fell down and "mad a gret distruccione of ethnykis," one wonders why ethnics were singled out for death. The word ethnic in this context, however, means "gentile," coming as it does from the Greek adjective ethnikos, meaning "national, foreign, gentile." The adjective is derived from the noun ethnos, "people, nation, foreign people," that in the plural phrase ta ethn  meant "foreign nations." In translating the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek, this phrase was used for Hebrew g y m, "gentiles"; hence the sense of the noun in the Middle English quotation. The noun ethnic in this sense or the related sense "heathen" is not recorded after 1728, although the related adjective sense is still used. But probably under the influence of other words going back to Greek ethnos, such as ethnography and ethnology, the adjective ethnic broadened in meaning in the 19th century. After this broadening the noun sense "a member of a particular ethnic group," first recorded in 1945, came into existence. |
ethnic [ˈɛθnɪk], ethnical
adj
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) relating to or characteristic of a human group having racial, religious, linguistic, and certain other traits in common
2. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) relating to the classification of mankind into groups, esp on the basis of racial characteristics
3. (Sociology) denoting or deriving from the cultural traditions of a group of people the ethnic dances of Slovakia
4. characteristic of another culture, esp a peasant culture the ethnic look ethnic food
n
Chiefly US and Austral a member of an ethnic group, esp a minority group
[C14 (in the senses: heathen, Gentile): from Late Latin ethnicus, from Greek ethnikos, from ethnos race]
ethnically adv
ethnicity [ɛθˈnɪsɪtɪ] n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | ethnic - a person who is a member of an ethnic group |
| Adj. | 1. | ethnic - denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy; "ethnic food" social - living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups; "a human being is a social animal"; "mature social behavior" |
| 2. | ethnic - not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam irreligious - hostile or indifferent to religion |
ethnic ethnical
adjective cultural, national, traditional, native, folk, racial, genetic, indigenous The country's population of over 40 million people is made up of many ethnic groups.
Translations
ethnic [ˈeθnɪk]
A. ADJ
B. N (esp US) (= person) miembro de una minoría étnica
white ethnic miembro de una minoría étnica de raza blanca
white ethnic miembro de una minoría étnica de raza blanca
ethnic [ˈɛθnɪk] adj
(= minority) [group] → ethnique
the ethnic community → les minorités mpl
[tension] → ethnique
[clothes, food] → exotique
ethnic
adj
(= racial) → ethnisch; ethnic clashes → ethnische Konflikte pl; ethnic violence → Rassenkrawalle pl; ethnic Germans → Volksdeutsche pl
n ethnics
pl → Mitglieder pl → einer ethnischen Gruppe
ethnic [ˈɛθnɪk] adj → etnico/a
ethnic [ˈɛθnɪk] adj → etnico/a
ethnic [ˈɛθnɪk] adj → etnico/a
adj ethnic [ˈeθnik]
of nations or races of mankind or their customs, dress, food etc ethnic groups/dances. etnies عِرْقي، خاص بالأعْراق етнически etnický; folklorní etnisk ethnisch εθνικός, εθνοτικός étnico etniline قومی etninen ethnique אֶתנִי, עֲדָתִי नस्ली, जातीय etnik etnikai, nemzetiségi, nemzetiségű etnis þjóðlegur, þjóðernislegur etnico 民族の 민족의 etninis, tautinis etnisks; tautas- etnik etnisch etnisk, folke- etniczny étnico etnic этнический etnický; folklórny etničen etnički etnisk, ras-, folk- เกี่ยวกับชาติพันธุ์ etnik, ırksal 種族的 етнічний مشترک قومیت یا ثقافی روایات رکھنے والا گروہ dân tộc 种族的
n ethnology [eθˈnolədʒi]
the study of the different races of mankind. etnologie إثْنولوجْيا، عِلم الأعْراق البَشَرِيَّه етнология etnologie etnologi die Ethnologie εθνολογία etnología etnoloogia قوم شناسی etnologia ethnologie אֶתנוֹלוֹגיָה नृजाति विज्ञान etnologija összehasonlító néprajz etnologi þjóðfræði, þjóðháttafræði etnologia 民族学 민족학, 인류학 etnologija etnoloģija etnologi volkenkunde etnologi etnologia etnologia etnologie этнология etnológia narodoslovje etnologija etnologi การศึกษาเปรียบเทียบความแตกต่างระหว่างวัฒนธรรม budun bilim, etnoloji 人種學 етнологія اقوام عالم کا تقابلی مطالعہ dân tộc học 人种学
adj ethnoˈlogical [-ˈlo-]
etnies خاص بِعِلْم الأجْناس البَشَرِيَّه етнологичен etnologický etnologisk ethnologisch εθνολογικός etnológico etnoloogiline قوم شناختی etnologinen ethnologique אֶתנוֹלוֹגִי नस्ली etnološki etnológiai etnologis þjóðfræðilegur, þjóðháttafræðilegur etnologico 民族学の 민족학의 etnologinis, etnologijos etnoloģisks; etnoloģijas- berkaitan etnik volkenkundig etnologisk etnologiczny etnológico etnologic этнологический etnologický narodosloven etnološki etnologisk ที่เกี่ยวกับการศึกษาเปรียบเทียบความแตกต่างระหว่างวัฒนธรรม budun bilimsel, etnolojik 人種學的 етнологічний نسلیاتی thuộc về dân tộc học 人种学的
n ethˈnologist
etnoloog إخْتِصاصي بِعِلْم الأعْراق البَشَرِيَّه етнолог etnolog etnolog der/die Ethnologe/gin εθνολόγος etnólogo etnoloog قوم شناس etnologi ethnologue אֶתנוֹלוֹג मानव जीव विज्ञान etnolog etnológus ahli etnologi þjóðfræðingur, þjóðháttafræðingur etnologo 民族学者 민족학자 etnologas etnologs pakar etnik etnoloog etnolog etnolog etnólogo etnolog этнолог etnológ narodoslovec etnolog etnolog ผู้ศึกษาเปรียบเทียบความแตกต่างระหว่างวัฒนธรรม budun bilim uzmanı 人種學家 етнолог ماہر نسلیات nhà dân tộc học 人种学家
ethnic → عرقي etnický etnisk ethnisch εθνικός étnico etninen ethnique etnički etnico 民族の 인종의 etnisch etnisk etyczny étnico этнический etnisk เกี่ยวกับเชื้อชาติ etnik thuộc sắc tộc 种族的
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