ethnicity
The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry,…The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.
» We're a hospitable city, irrespective of ethnicity or orientation.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.
(countable, uncountable)An ethnic group.
Ethnizität, Volkszugehörigkeit, ethnische Zugehörigkeit
этни́ческая принадле́жностьetníčeskaja prinadléžnostʹ, национа́льностьnacionálʹnostʹ, наро́дностьnaródnostʹ
етні́чна принале́жністьetníčna prynaléžnistʹ, етні́чністьetníčnistʹ, націона́льністьnacionálʹnistʹ
(countable, euphemistic, informal, uncountable)Race; common ancestry.
- an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
Examples
26 sentencesWe're a hospitable city, irrespective of ethnicity or orientation.
My parents don't like my boyfriend because of his ethnicity.
deMeine Eltern mögen meinen Freund aufgrund seiner Volkszugehörigkeit nicht.
Fyodor and his friends are from different countries and ethnicities.
People are making bingos about everything, whether it’s a university, zodiac sign or ethnicity.
Rodrigo was denied access to certain features on the website based on his ethnicity.
Translations
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Forms
plural: ethnicities| Singular | ethnicity |
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| Plural | ethnicities |
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Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable