"ethnic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɛθ.nɪk/ Audio: En-us-ethnic.ogg [US] Forms: more ethnic [comparative], most ethnic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛθnɪk Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|ethnik}} Middle English ethnik, {{der|en|la|ethnicus}} Latin ethnicus, {{der|en|grc|ἐθνικός||of or for a nation, heathen}} Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), {{m|grc|ἔθνος||a company", later "a people or nation, heathens}} ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} ethnic (comparative more ethnic, superlative most ethnic)
  1. Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins. Translations (of or relating to a group of people): etnies (Afrikaans), etnik (Albanian), عِرْقِيّ (ʕirqiyy) (Arabic), էթնիկ (ētʿnik) (Armenian), ազգային (azgayin) (Armenian), étnicu (Asturian), etnik (Azerbaijani), этні́чны (etníčny) (Belarusian), етни́чески (etníčeski) (Bulgarian), ètnic (Catalan), 民族 (mínzú) (Chinese Mandarin), qavmiy (Crimean Tatar), etnik (Crimean Tatar), etnický (Czech), etnisk (Danish), etnisch (Dutch), etna (Esperanto), etniline (Estonian), etninen (Finnish), ethnique (French), étnico (Galician), ეთნიკური (etniḳuri) (Georgian), ethnisch (German), εθνικός (ethnikós) (Greek), אֶתְנִי (etni) (Hebrew), संजातीय (sañjātīya) (Hindi), नस्ली (naslī) (Hindi), etnikai (Hungarian), þjóðernis- (Icelandic), etnis (Indonesian), etnik (Indonesian), eitneach (Irish), etnico (Italian), 民族の (minzoku no) (Japanese), этностық (étnostyq) (Kazakh), этникалық (étnikalyq) (Kazakh), 민족(民族)의 (minjog-ui) (Korean), этникалык (etnikalık) (Kyrgyz), etnisks (Latvian), etninis (Lithuanian), етнички (etnički) (Macedonian), etnik (Malay), ethnique (Norman), etnisk (Norwegian Bokmål), etnisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), etnic (Occitan), قومی (qowmi) (Persian), etniczny (Polish), étnico (Portuguese), etnic (Romanian), этни́ческий (etníčeskij) (Russian), ѐтничкӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ètničkī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), etnický (Slovak), etničen (Slovene), étnico (Spanish), etnisk (Swedish), қавмӣ (qavmī) (Tajik), этникӣ (etnikī) (Tajik), ชาติพันธุ์ (châat-dtì-pan) (Thai), etnik (Turkish), етні́чний (etníčnyj) (Ukrainian), etnik (Uzbek), dân tộc (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ethnic-en-adj-HYLVIMLs Disambiguation of 'of or relating to a group of people': 80 8 4 8
  2. Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture. Synonyms (culturally foreign): exotic Translations (belonging to a foreign culture): etnisk (Danish), eksotisk (Danish), fremmed (Danish), etnisch (Dutch), exotisch (Dutch), vreemd (Dutch), etninen (Finnish), exotisch (German), ausländisch (German), international (German), etnico (Italian), 이국(異國)의 (igug-ui) (Korean), 이국적(異國的)이다 (igukjeog-ida) (Korean), etnisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ethnic-en-adj-LSca8zBQ Disambiguation of 'culturally foreign': 9 77 0 14 Disambiguation of 'belonging to a foreign culture': 9 71 2 18
  3. Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
    Sense id: en-ethnic-en-adj-LkD98Xrp
  4. (historical) Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim. Tags: historical Synonyms (heathen): pagan, gentile Translations (heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim): পৌত্তলিক (pōuttolik) (Bengali), езически (ezičeski) (Bulgarian), ètnic (Catalan), pagà (Catalan), hedning (Danish), pakanallinen (Finnish), язы́ческий (jazýčeskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ethnic-en-adj-DjRL0PqI Disambiguation of 'heathen': 3 2 4 91 Disambiguation of 'heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim': 3 2 4 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ethnick [obsolete] Related terms: ethnical, ethnically, ethnicity, ethnocentric, ethnocultural, ethnography, ethnologeny, ethnology

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛθ.nɪk/ Audio: En-us-ethnic.ogg [US] Forms: ethnics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛθnɪk Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|ethnik}} Middle English ethnik, {{der|en|la|ethnicus}} Latin ethnicus, {{der|en|grc|ἐθνικός||of or for a nation, heathen}} Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), {{m|grc|ἔθνος||a company", later "a people or nation, heathens}} ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ethnic (plural ethnics)
  1. An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community. Translations (ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant): vreemdeling [masculine] (Dutch), Fremder (German), Ausländer (German), ជនជាតិ (jon jeat) (Khmer)
    Sense id: en-ethnic-en-noun-9O7SbZXY Disambiguation of 'ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant': 86 11 3
  2. (archaic) A heathen, a pagan. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-ethnic-en-noun-R1YeZ0uC
  3. (in classical scholarship) The demonym of an Ancient Greek city. Translations (ethnic minority): (etnische) minderheid (sgroep) (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-ethnic-en-noun-DlgVlRVx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 7 14 16 7 3 32 Disambiguation of 'ethnic minority': 34 18 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ethnick [obsolete]

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          "lang": "Asturian",
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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "étnico"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "etniḳuri",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "ეთნიკური"
        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "אֶתְנִי"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sañjātīya",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "संजातीय"
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          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "naslī",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "नस्ली"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etnikai"
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          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "þjóðernis-"
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          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etnis"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "eitneach"
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          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etnico"
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          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "minzoku no",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "民族の"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "étnostyq",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "этностық"
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          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "étnikalyq",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "этникалық"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "minjog-ui",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "민족(民族)의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "etnikalık",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "этникалык"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etnisks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etninis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "etnički",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "етнички"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etnik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "ethnique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etnisk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etnisk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etnic"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qowmi",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "قومی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etniczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "étnico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etnic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "etníčeskij",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "этни́ческий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ѐтничкӣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ètničkī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
          "word": "etnický"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 8 4 8",
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      "word": "pagan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "heathen",
      "word": "gentile"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "ethnick"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnies"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕirqiyy",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "عِرْقِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ētʿnik",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "էթնիկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "azgayin",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "ազգային"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "étnicu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "etníčny",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "этні́чны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "etníčeski",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "етни́чески"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "ètnic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mínzú",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "民族"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "qavmiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnický"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etna"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etniline"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etninen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "ethnique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "étnico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "etniḳuri",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "ეთნიკური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "ethnisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ethnikós",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "εθνικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "etni",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "אֶתְנִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sañjātīya",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "संजातीय"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "naslī",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "नस्ली"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnikai"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "þjóðernis-"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "eitneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minzoku no",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "民族の"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "étnostyq",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "этностық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "étnikalyq",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "этникалық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "minjog-ui",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "민족(民族)의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "etnikalık",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "этникалык"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etninis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "etnički",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "етнички"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "ethnique"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnic"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qowmi",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "قومی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etniczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "étnico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "etníčeskij",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "этни́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ѐтничкӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ètničkī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnický"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etničen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "étnico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qavmī",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "қавмӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "etnikī",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "этникӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "châat-dtì-pan",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "ชาติพันธุ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "etníčnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "етні́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "etnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "of or relating to a group of people",
      "word": "dân tộc"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "pōuttolik",
      "sense": "heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim",
      "word": "পৌত্তলিক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ezičeski",
      "sense": "heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim",
      "word": "езически"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim",
      "word": "ètnic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim",
      "word": "pagà"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim",
      "word": "hedning"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim",
      "word": "pakanallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jazýčeskij",
      "sense": "heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim",
      "word": "язы́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "etnisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "eksotisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "fremmed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "etnisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "exotisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "vreemd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "etninen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "exotisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "ausländisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "international"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "etnico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "igug-ui",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "이국(異國)의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "igukjeog-ida",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "이국적(異國的)이다"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "belonging to a foreign culture",
      "word": "etnisk"
    }
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  "word": "ethnic"
}

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          "ref": "1641, John Milton, Of Reformation in England",
          "text": "...And the people of God, redeemed and washed with Christ's blood, and dignified with so many glorious titles of saints and sons in the Gospel, are now no better reputed than impure ethnics and lay dogs...",
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        }
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        "A heathen, a pagan."
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      ],
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        "archaic"
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006. Cohen. The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin & North Africa, 151",
          "text": "Coinage with the ethnic ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΕΥΦΡΑΤΗΝ survives from the mid-second century A.D."
        }
      ],
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        "The demonym of an Ancient Greek city."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛθ.nɪk/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛθnɪk"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ethnick"
    }
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vreemdeling"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant",
      "word": "Fremder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant",
      "word": "Ausländer"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "jon jeat",
      "sense": "ethnic person, notably when foreigner or immigrant",
      "word": "ជនជាតិ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "roman": "sgroep",
      "sense": "ethnic minority",
      "word": "(etnische) minderheid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ethnic"
}

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