ethnic
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
Adjective 3 meanings
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.
“I like to eat ethnic food”
Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
Noun 2 meanings
An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
The demonym of an Ancient Greek city.
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”). By surface analysis, ethno- + -ic.
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ETHNIC at a glance
ETHNIC has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (E 1 + T 1 + H 4 + N 1 + I 1 + C 3) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,003 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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