Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.

  2. (countable, uncountable)An ethnic group.

    Ethnizität, Volkszugehörigkeit, ethnische Zugehörigkeit

    этни́ческая принадле́жностьetníčeskaja prinadléžnostʹ, национа́льностьnacionálʹnostʹ, наро́дностьnaródnostʹ

    етні́чна принале́жністьetníčna prynaléžnistʹ, етні́чністьetníčnistʹ, націона́льністьnacionálʹnistʹ

  3. (countable, euphemistic, informal, uncountable)Race; common ancestry.

More definitions
  • an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties

Examples

26 sentences
  1. We're a hospitable city, irrespective of ethnicity or orientation.

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  2. My parents don't like my boyfriend because of his ethnicity.

    deMeine Eltern mögen meinen Freund aufgrund seiner Volkszugehörigkeit nicht.

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  3. Fyodor and his friends are from different countries and ethnicities.

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  4. People are making bingos about everything, whether it’s a university, zodiac sign or ethnicity.

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  5. Rodrigo was denied access to certain features on the website based on his ethnicity.

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Translations

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Українська
By meaning 2
characteristics of an ethnic group:
ethnic group:
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characteristics of an ethnic group:
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characteristics of an ethnic group:
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