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ethnographic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to ethnography.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ethnographical

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to ethnography

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • ethnographical data

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ethnographical

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English ethnography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ethnographic From ethnography + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: etnografies — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Arabic: إِثْنُوغْرَافِيّ (ʔiṯnūḡrāfiyy) — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Armenian: ազգագրական (azgagrakan) — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Catalan: etnogràfic — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Danish: etnografisk — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Dutch: etnografisch — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Finnish: etnografinen — of, or relating to ethnography
  • French: ethnographique — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Georgian: ეთნოგრაფიული (etnograpiuli) — of, or relating to ethnography
  • German: ethnographisch — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Greek: εθνογραφικός (ethnografikós) — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Irish: eitneagrafaíoch — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Italian: etnografico — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Kazakh: этнографиялық (étnografiälyq) — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Latvian: etnogrāfisks — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Norwegian Bokmål: etnografisk — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: etnografisk — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Polish: etnograficzny — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Portuguese: etnográfico — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Russian: этнографи́ческий (etnografíčeskij) — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Spanish: etnográfico — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Swedish: etnografisk — of, or relating to ethnography
  • Yiddish: עטנאָגראַפֿיש (etnografish) — of, or relating to ethnography
Real reading context

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