ethnic

== English == === Alternative forms === ethnick (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛθ.nɪk/ Rhymes: -ɛθnɪk === Adjective === ethnic (comparative more ethnic, superlative most ethnic) 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. Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression. (historical) Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim. ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes confused with ethic. ==== Synonyms ==== (culturally foreign): exotic (heathen): pagan, gentile ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ethnic (plural ethnics) An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community. (archaic) A heathen, a pagan. (in classical scholarship) The demonym of an Ancient Greek city. 2006. Cohen. The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin & North Africa, 151: "Coinage with the ethnic ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΕΥΦΡΑΤΗΝ survives from the mid-second century A.D." ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “ethnic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “ethnic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Raymond Williams (1983), “Ethnic”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 119. === Anagrams === Itchen, techni-