The point about enclosure is that the configuration of ethnic groups must be clearly described.
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Ethnic
//ˈɛθ.nɪk//
Synonyms for "ethnic" (21 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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3 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
has context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
similar
2 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 61 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- etnies adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Albanian
1 entries- etnik adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Arabic
1 entries- عِرْقِيّ adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Armenian
2 entries- ազգային adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- էթնիկ adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Asturian
1 entries- étnicu adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- etnik adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Belarusian
1 entries- этні́чны adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Bengali
1 entries- পৌত্তলিক adj (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim)
Bikol Central
1 entries- etniko adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Bulgarian
3 entries- езически adj (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim)
- етни́чески adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- народностен adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Catalan
3 entries- pagà adj (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim)
- ètnic adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- ètnic adj (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 民族 adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- etnik adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- qavmiy adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Czech
1 entries- etnický adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Danish
4 entries- eksotisk adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
- etnisk adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- etnisk adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
- fremmed adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
Dutch
4 entries- etnisch adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- etnisch adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
- exotisch adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
- vreemd adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
Esperanto
1 entries- etna adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Estonian
1 entries- etniline adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Finnish
3 entries- etninen adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- etninen adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
- pakanallinen adj (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim)
French
1 entries- ethnique adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Galician
1 entries- étnico adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Georgian
1 entries- ეთნიკური adj (of or relating to a group of people)
German
4 entries- ausländisch adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
- ethnisch adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- exotisch adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
- international adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
Greek
1 entries- εθνικός adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֶתְנִי adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Hindi
2 entries- नस्ली adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- संजातीय adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Hungarian
1 entries- etnikai adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Icelandic
1 entries- þjóðernis adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Indonesian
2 entries- etnik adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- etnis adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Irish
1 entries- eitneach adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Italian
2 entries- etnico adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- etnico adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
Japanese
1 entries- 民族の adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Kazakh
2 entries- этникалық adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- этностық adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Khmer
1 entries- ជនជាតិ noun (ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant)
Korean
3 entries- 민족(民族)의 adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- 이국(異國)의 adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
- 이국적(異國的)이다 adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- этникалык adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Latvian
1 entries- etnisks adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Lithuanian
1 entries- etninis adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Macedonian
1 entries- етнички adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Malay
1 entries- etnik adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Norman
1 entries- ethnique adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- etnisk adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- etnisk adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Occitan
1 entries- etnic adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Persian
1 entries- قومی adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Polish
1 entries- etniczny adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Portuguese
1 entries- étnico adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Romanian
1 entries- etnic adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Russian
3 entries- национа́льный adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- этни́ческий adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- язы́ческий adj (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ètničkī adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- ѐтничкӣ adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Slovak
1 entries- etnický adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Slovene
1 entries- etničen adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Spanish
1 entries- étnico adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Swedish
2 entries- etnisk adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- etnisk adj (belonging to a foreign culture)
Tagalog
1 entries- etniko adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Tajik
2 entries- этникӣ adj (of or relating to a group of people)
- қавмӣ adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Thai
1 entries- ชาติพันธุ์ adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Turkish
1 entries- etnik adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Ukrainian
1 entries- етні́чний adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Uzbek
1 entries- etnik adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dân tộc adj (of or relating to a group of people)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
These foods are associated with ethnic groups.
Source: tatoeba (55163)
It is not sufficient to describe the differences in attitude between these two ethnic groups.
Source: tatoeba (61406)
We find diverse ethnic and economic interests here.
Source: tatoeba (61928)
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