"ethnography" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛθˈnɑɡɹəfi/ [General-American], /ɛθˈnɒɡɹəfi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-ethnography.ogg Forms: ethnographies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi Etymology: From ethno- + -graphy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ethno-|-graphy}} ethno- + -graphy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ethnography (countable and uncountable, plural ethnographies)
  1. (anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anthropology Synonyms: descriptive anthropology Translations (branch of anthropology): etnografie (Afrikaans), عِلْم الإِنْسََان التَطْبِيقِيّ (ʕilm al-ʔinsaān at-taṭbīqiyy) (Arabic), ազգագրություն (azgagrutʻyun) [singular] (Armenian), էթնոգրաֆիա (ētʻnografia) (Armenian), этнография (etnografiya) (Bashkir), этнагра́фія (etnahráfija) [feminine] (Belarusian), etnahrafija [feminine] (Belarusian), etnografia [feminine] (Catalan), qavmiyat (Crimean Tatar), etnografie [feminine] (Czech), etnografie [feminine] (Dutch), etnografio (Esperanto), etnografia (Finnish), ethnographie [feminine] (French), ეთნოგრაფია (etnograpia) (Georgian), Ethnographie [feminine] (German), Ethnografie [feminine] (German), Völkerbeschreibung [feminine] (German), εθνογραφία (ethnografía) [feminine] (Greek), मानवजातिविज्ञान (mānavjātivijñān) [masculine] (Hindi), néprajz (Hungarian), etnográfia (Hungarian), etnografio (Ido), eitneagrafaíocht [feminine] (Irish), etnografia [feminine] (Italian), 民俗誌学 (minzokushigaku) (note: for an academic field) (Japanese), 民俗誌 (minzokushi) (note: for the record) (Japanese), этнография (étnografiä) (Kazakh), ជាតិពន្ធុវិទ្យា (ciət pŏənthuʼ vɨcciə) (Khmer), этнография (etnografiya) (Kyrgyz), etnogrāfija [feminine] (Latvian), ⵜⴰⵔⴰⵖⵔⴼⵜ (taraɣrft) (Moroccan Amazigh), etnografia [feminine] (Polish), etnografia [feminine] (Portuguese), etnografie [feminine] (Romanian), этногра́фия (etnográfija) [feminine] (Russian), etnografía [feminine] (Spanish), talalahian (Tagalog), ชาติพันธุ์วรรณนา (châat-dtì-pan-wan-ná-naa) (Thai), етнографія (etnohrafija) (Ukrainian), dân tộc ký (Vietnamese), עטנאָגראַפֿיע (etnografye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  2. An ethnographic work. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (work): 民族誌 /民族志 (mínzúzhì) (Chinese Mandarin)
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Derived forms: autoethnography, cyberethnography, metaethnography, netnography, paleoethnography Related terms: ethnic, ethnical, ethnicity, ethnographer, ethnographic, ethnographical, ethnographize, ethnology

Inflected forms

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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Völkerbeschreibung"
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "word": "εθνογραφία"
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      "sense": "branch of anthropology",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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        "feminine"
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    },
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      "word": "民俗誌学"
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      "code": "ky",
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    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "branch of anthropology",
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      "code": "zgh",
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      "roman": "taraɣrft",
      "sense": "branch of anthropology",
      "word": "ⵜⴰⵔⴰⵖⵔⴼⵜ"
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      "sense": "branch of anthropology",
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      "word": "etnografia"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "etnografia"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "word": "dân tộc ký"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
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