Meaning

1 senses
  1. A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds.

    ethnische Gruppe, Ethnie, Volksgruppe

    этни́ческая гру́ппаetníčeskaja grúppa, национа́льностьnacionálʹnostʹ, э́тносétnos

More definitions
  • people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture

Examples

27 sentences
  1. I'm not a xenophobe, because I also hate my own ethnic group.

    Я не ксенофоб, адже я так само ненавиджу свою власну етнічну групу. — deniko

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  2. There are 56 ethnic groups in China.

    Китай налічує 56 етнічних груп. — Uaren

    ruВ Китае проживает 56 этнических групп. — Balamax

    deEs gibt 56 Völker in China. — neco

  3. These foods are associated with ethnic groups.

  4. The two ethnic groups united into one nation.

  5. National boundaries were drawn without regard to ethnic groups.

    ruГосударственные границы были проведены без учёта этнических групп. — Ooneykcall

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
group of people who identify with one another on ancestral etc. grounds:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
group of people who identify with one another on ancestral etc. grounds:

Forms

plural: ethnic groups
Singularethnic group
Pluralethnic groups

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture:ethnos

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ethnic group — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto