étnico

See also: etnico

Asturian

Adjective

étnico

1. neuter of étnicu

Galician

Adjective

étnico (feminine étnica, masculine plural étnicos, feminine plural étnicas)

1. ethnic
2. (archaic) ethnic; heathen; not Judaeo-Christian

Further reading

• “étnico”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “étnico” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• éthnico (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ethnicus (“pagan; heathen”), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company”, later “a people or nation, heathens”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.ni.ku/, /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ni.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.ni.ku/, /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ni.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ni.ko/, /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.ni.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tni.ku/

• Hyphenation: ét‧ni‧co

Adjective

étnico (feminine étnica, masculine plural étnicos, feminine plural étnicas)

1. ethnic (related to a group of people having common origins)
2. (archaic) ethnic; heathen; not Judaeo-Christian

   Synonym: pagão

Noun

étnico m (plural étnicos, feminine étnica, feminine plural étnicas)

1. (archaic) an ethnic, heathen; a non-Judaeo-Christian

   Synonym: pagão

Related terms

• ethos
• etnia
• étnicamente
• etnicida
• etnicidade
• etnicismo
• etnicista
• etno-
• etnologia
• etnologicamente
• etnológico
• etnologista
• etnólogo

Further reading

• “étnico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “étnico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “étnico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈedniko/ [ˈeð̞.ni.ko]
• Rhymes: -edniko
• Syllabification: ét‧ni‧co

Adjective

étnico (feminine étnica, masculine plural étnicos, feminine plural étnicas)

1. ethnic

Derived terms

• etnicismo
• grupo étnico
• limpieza étnica

Related terms

• etnicidad

Further reading

• “étnico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• ciento