ethnic
/ˈeθnɪk/ETH-nik
/ˈɛθnɪk/ETH-nik
Meaningof a people
Common meaning: to do with a people sharing culture or descent
- ethna nation; a body of peopleLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 226 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Greekἔθνος‘a nation’
- Latineth
- Englishethnic‘to do with a people sharing culture or descent’ · today
ethn also in: ethnicityethnologyethnography
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ἔθνος ‘a nation; a body of people’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry ἔθνος, p. 226 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ἔθνος Greek “a nation; a body of people”
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