ethnic

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
2. Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.
3. Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
4. (historical) Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

Noun

1. An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
2. (archaic) A heathen, a pagan.
3. The demonym of an Ancient Greek city.

Concepten

etnisch

heidens

onbeschaafd

exotisch

vreemdeling

ongelovig

vreemd

Synoniemen

ethnical

national

heathen

pagan

heathenish

cultural

folk

people’s

gentile

popular

unchristian

origin stock

aboriginal

neo-pagan

autochthonic

autochthonous

exotic

indigenous

lineage

nationality

philistine

race

tribe

Vertalingen

etnico

ethnique

étnico

ethnisch

étnico

ètnic

etnica

pagão

عرقي

εθνικός

Volks-

païen

pagà

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɛθ.nɪk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: ethnik

In summary

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”).