Meaning

1 senses
  1. A group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live.

    ethnische Minderheit

    этни́ческое меньшинство́etníčeskoje menʹšinstvó, национа́льное меньшинство́nacionálʹnoje menʹšinstvó, нацменьшинство́nacmenʹšinstvó

    етні́чна менши́наetníčna menšýna, націона́льна менши́наnacionálʹna menšýna

    a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Are you tolerant towards ethnic minorities?

    deSind Sie tolerant gegenüber ethnischen Minderheiten? — mayabe

  2. Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice and poverty.

  3. Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty, and oppression.

    ruЭтнические меньшинства борются против предубеждения, бедности и угнетения. — odexed

    deEthnische Minderheiten kämpfen mit Vorurteilen, Armut und Unterdrückung. — xtofu80

  4. Ethnic minorities are fighting against prejudice and poverty.

    ruЭтнические меньшинства борются с предрассудками и бедностью. — shafranov

  5. Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty and so on.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
people with different characteristics to those of the majority:
Русский
By meaning 1
people with different characteristics to those of the majority:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
people with different characteristics to those of the majority:

Forms

plural: ethnic minorities

See also

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