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1. (adj.) ethnic
pertaining to or characteristic of a people, esp. a group
2. ethnic
being a member of an ethnic group, esp. a group that is a minority within a larger society:
ethnic Chinese in San Francisco.
3. ethnic
belonging to or deriving from the cultural traditions of a people or country:
ethnic dances.
4. ethnic
Obs. pagan; heathen.
5. (n.) ethnic
a member of an ethnic group.
Etymology: (1325–75; ethnik heathen < LL ethnicus < Gk ethnikós. See ethno -, -ic)
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| Definition of 'ethnic' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) ethnic
a person who is a member of an ethnic group
2. (adj) cultural, ethnic, ethnical
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"
3. (adj) heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
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1. (adjective) ethnic
relating to sb's race and culture
ethnic conflict; ethnic music/clothing
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| Definition of 'ethnic' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) ethnic
alt. of Ethnical
2. (noun) ethnic
a heathen; a pagan
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Sense: of nations or races of mankind or their customs, dress, food etc
ethnic groups/dances.
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 Afrikaans: etnies |
 Arabic: عِرْقي، خاص بالأعْراق |
 Bulgarian: етнически |
 Brazilian: étnico |
 Czech: etnický; folklorní |
 German: ethnisch |
 Danish: etnisk |
 Greek: εθνικός, εθνοτικός |
 Spanish: étnico |
 Estonian: etniline |
 Farsi: قومی |
 Finnish: etninen |
 French: ethnique |
 Hebrew: אֶתנִי, עֲדָתִי |
 Hindi: नस्ली, जातीय |
 Croatian: etnik |
 Hungarian: etnikai, nemzetiségi, nem |
 Indonesian: etnis |
 Icelandic: þjóðlegur, þjóðernislegur |
 Italian: etnico |
 Japanese: 民族の |
 Korean: 민족의 |
 Lithuanian: etninis, tautinis |
 Latvian: etnisks; tautas- |
 Malay: etnik |
 Dutch: etnisch |
 Norwegian: etnisk, folke- |
 Polish: etniczny |
 Persian: قومی |
 Pashto: توکم |
 Portuguese: étnico |
 Romanian: etnic |
 Russian: этнический |
 Slovak: etnický; folklórny |
 Slovenian: etničen |
 Serbian: etnički |
 Swedish: etnisk, ras-, folk- |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับชาติพันธุ์ |
 Turkish: etnik,ırksal |
 Taiwanese: 種族的 |
 Ukrainian: етнічний |
 Urdu: مشترک قومیت یا ثقافی روای |
 Vietnamese: dân tộc |
 Chinese: 种族的 |
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