"multiethnic" meaning in English

See multiethnic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more multiethnic [comparative], most multiethnic [superlative], multi-ethnic [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós)bor. Latin ethnicusbor. Middle English ethnik English ethnic English multiethnic From multi- + ethnic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|multi-|ethnic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. 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Head templates: {{en-adj}} multiethnic (comparative more multiethnic, superlative most multiethnic)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups. Derived forms: multiethnically, multiethnicity Translations (of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups): 多民族 (duōmínzú) (Chinese Mandarin), pluretna (Esperanto), paljurahvuseline (Estonian), monikansallinen (Finnish), monietninen (Finnish), multiethnique [feminine, masculine] (French), multiethnisch (German), il-eitneach (Irish), multiéthnique (Norman), wielonarodowościowy (Polish), мультиэтни́ческий (mulʹtietníčeskij) (Russian), многонациона́льный (mnogonacionálʹnyj) (Russian)
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Noun

Forms: multiethnics [plural], multi-ethnic [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós)bor. Latin ethnicusbor. Middle English ethnik English ethnic English multiethnic From multi- + ethnic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|multi-|ethnic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós)bor. Latin ethnicusbor. 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Head templates: {{en-noun}} multiethnic (plural multiethnics)
  1. A member of more than one ethnic group.
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Inflected forms

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          "text": "In general, they are propagating the image of Ukrainians as the European descendants of good peasant stock, of multiethnic pioneers, and of an ancient multiethnic state.",
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          "text": "As a multicultural and multiethnic society, Singapore has four official languages: Malay, Mandarin, Tamil, and English, with Malay considered the national language and English as a nominally neutral ‘working language’ allowing communication across all communities.",
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      "roman": "duōmínzú",
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      "word": "多民族"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups",
      "word": "pluretna"
    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups",
      "word": "paljurahvuseline"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups",
      "word": "monikansallinen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups",
      "word": "monietninen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "lang_code": "fr",
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      "word": "multiethnique"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups",
      "word": "multiethnisch"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups",
      "word": "il-eitneach"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrf",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups",
      "word": "multiéthnique"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups",
      "word": "wielonarodowościowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "mulʹtietníčeskij",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups",
      "word": "мультиэтни́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "mnogonacionálʹnyj",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups",
      "word": "многонациона́льный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "multiethnic"
}

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