Complete Definition of "ethnic"

English

Etymology
From the Gr. ethnos "people".

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Of or related to a group of people having common racial, national, religious, or cultural origins.
  2. Incompletely assimilated.

#: There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands

  1. Belonging to a foreign culture.

#: I like to eat ethnic food

Noun
en-noun

  1. rare An ethnic person.

Derived terms
ethnic group

Related terms
ethnicity
ethnically
ethnical
ethnology

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