ethnic

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

etnico

ethnique

étnico

ethnisch

étnico

ètnic

etnisch

pagão

etnica

عرقي

εθνικός

Volks-

païen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛθ.nɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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”).