adjective · rare

Caucasian

Cau·cas·i·an

Caucasian · more Caucasian · most Caucasian

кавказский

kaukasisch

Of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and peopleOf or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people.

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UK/kɔːˈkeɪ.ʒən/US/kɔˈkeɪ.ʒən/

» The suspect is a caucasian female.

Die Verdächtige ist eine Weiße.

Die Verdächtige ist eine hellhäutige Frau.

Meaning

3 senses

Of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people.
kaukasisch
кавка́зскийkavkázskij
of or relating to Caucasian people
(dated)Of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Central, South, and Western Asia.
бе́лыйbélyj, европе́йскийjevropéjskij, европео́идныйjevropeóidnyj
(broadly)Of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry; white.

Examples

19 sentences

The suspect is a caucasian female.
deDie Verdächtige ist eine Weiße. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Spamster · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Yanni is a large Caucasian male.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Amastan · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Sami was talking to a Caucasian girl.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · OsoHombre · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Sami taught in a predominantly Caucasian school.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · OsoHombre · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Felix is Caucasian with very dark hair.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Amastan · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people:

of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people:

Origin

From Caucasus (“mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea

From Caucasus (“mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea”) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘from, related to, or like’, or forming nouns with the sense ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’). The anthropological sense (no longer regarded as scientific) was popularized by the German anthropologist and physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), based on the belief that the first humans originated from there.

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