ethnic

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• /ˈɛθ.nɪk/
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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”). By surface analysis, ethno- + -ic.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: etnies — of or relating to a group of people
• Albanian: etnik — of or relating to a group of people
• Arabic: عِرْقِيّ (ʕirqiyy) — of or relating to a group of people
• Armenian: էթնիկ (ētʻnik) — of or relating to a group of people
• Armenian: ազգային (azgayin) — of or relating to a group of people
• Asturian: étnicu — of or relating to a group of people
• Azerbaijani: etnik — of or relating to a group of people
• Belarusian: этні́чны (etníčny) — of or relating to a group of people
• Central Bikol: etniko — of or relating to a group of people
• Bulgarian: етни́чески (etníčeski) — of or relating to a group of people
• Bulgarian: народностен (narodnosten) — of or relating to a group of people
• Catalan: ètnic — of or relating to a group of people
• Chinese Mandarin: 民族 (mínzú) — of or relating to a group of people
• Crimean Tatar: qavmiy — of or relating to a group of people
• Crimean Tatar: etnik — of or relating to a group of people
• Czech: etnický — of or relating to a group of people
• Danish: etnisk — of or relating to a group of people
• Dutch: etnisch — of or relating to a group of people
• Esperanto: etna — of or relating to a group of people
• Estonian: etniline — of or relating to a group of people
• Finnish: etninen — of or relating to a group of people
• French: ethnique — of or relating to a group of people
• Galician: étnico — of or relating to a group of people
• Georgian: ეთნიკური (etniḳuri) — of or relating to a group of people
• German: ethnisch — of or relating to a group of people
• Greek: εθνικός (ethnikós) — of or relating to a group of people
• Hebrew: אֶתְנִי (etni) — of or relating to a group of people
• Hindi: संजातीय (sañjātīya) — of or relating to a group of people
• Hindi: नस्ली (naslī) — of or relating to a group of people
• Hungarian: etnikai — of or relating to a group of people
• Icelandic: þjóðernis- — of or relating to a group of people
• Indonesian: etnis — of or relating to a group of people
• Indonesian: etnik — of or relating to a group of people
• Irish: eitneach — of or relating to a group of people
• Italian: etnico — of or relating to a group of people
• Japanese: 民族の (minzoku no) — of or relating to a group of people
• Kazakh: этностық (étnostyq) — of or relating to a group of people
• Kazakh: этникалық (étnikalyq) — of or relating to a group of people
• Korean: 민족(民族)의 (minjog-ui) — of or relating to a group of people
• Kyrgyz: этникалык (etnikalık) — of or relating to a group of people
• Latvian: etnisks — of or relating to a group of people
• Lithuanian: etninis — of or relating to a group of people
• Macedonian: етнички (etnički) — of or relating to a group of people
• Malay: etnik — of or relating to a group of people
• Norman: ethnique — of or relating to a group of people
• Norwegian Bokmål: etnisk — of or relating to a group of people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: etnisk — of or relating to a group of people
• Occitan: etnic — of or relating to a group of people
• Persian: قومی (qowmi) — of or relating to a group of people
• Polish: etniczny — of or relating to a group of people
• Portuguese: étnico — of or relating to a group of people
• Romanian: etnic — of or relating to a group of people
• Russian: этни́ческий (etníčeskij) — of or relating to a group of people
• Russian: национа́льный (nacionálʹnyj) — of or relating to a group of people
• Serbo-Croatian: ѐтничкӣ — of or relating to a group of people
• Serbo-Croatian: ètničkī — of or relating to a group of people
• Slovak: etnický — of or relating to a group of people
• Slovene: etničen — of or relating to a group of people
• Spanish: étnico — of or relating to a group of people
• Swedish: etnisk — of or relating to a group of people
• Tagalog: etniko — of or relating to a group of people
• Tajik: қавмӣ (qavmi) — of or relating to a group of people
• Tajik: этникӣ (etniki) — of or relating to a group of people
• Thai: ชาติพันธุ์ (châat-dtì-pan) — of or relating to a group of people
• Turkish: etnik — of or relating to a group of people
• Ukrainian: етні́чний (etníčnyj) — of or relating to a group of people
• Uzbek: etnik — of or relating to a group of people
• Vietnamese: dân tộc — of or relating to a group of people
• Bengali: পৌত্তলিক (pōuttolik) — heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim
• Bulgarian: езически (ezičeski) — heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim
• Catalan: ètnic — heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim
• Catalan: pagà — heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim
• Danish: hedning — heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim
• Finnish: pakanallinen — heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim
• Russian: язы́ческий (jazýčeskij) — heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim
• Danish: etnisk — belonging to a foreign culture
• Danish: eksotisk — belonging to a foreign culture
• Danish: fremmed — belonging to a foreign culture
• Dutch: etnisch — belonging to a foreign culture
• Dutch: exotisch — belonging to a foreign culture
• Dutch: vreemd — belonging to a foreign culture
• Finnish: etninen — belonging to a foreign culture
• German: exotisch — belonging to a foreign culture
• German: ausländisch — belonging to a foreign culture
• German: international — belonging to a foreign culture
• Italian: etnico — belonging to a foreign culture
• Korean: 이국(異國)의 (igug-ui) — belonging to a foreign culture
• Korean: 이국적(異國的)이다 (igukjeog-ida) — belonging to a foreign culture
• Swedish: etnisk — belonging to a foreign culture
• Dutch: vreemdeling — ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant
• German: Fremder — ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant
• German: Ausländer — ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant
• Khmer: ជនជាតិ (jon jeat) — ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant
• Dutch: (etnische) minderheid (sgroep) — ethnic minority