ethnic group

English

Noun

ethnic group (plural ethnic groups)

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

Synonyms

• ethnie

Related terms

• ethnic
• ethnical
• ethnically
• ethnicity
• ethno-
• ethnology
• ethnostate

 

Translations

ethnic group

• Afrikaans: etniese groep
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: ազգ (hy) (azg), ազգություն (hy) (azgutʻyun)
• Bashkir: милләт (millət)
• Catalan: grup ètnic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民族 (zh) (mínzú), 族群 (zh) (zúqún)

• Danish: etnisk gruppe
• Esperanto: etno
• Finnish: etninen ryhmä (fi), etnisyys (fi), kansallisuus (fi)
• French: ethnie (fr) f, groupe ethnique m
• Galician: grupo étnico m
• Georgian: ეთნიკური ჯგუფი (etniḳuri ǯgupi)
• German: ethnische Gruppe f, Ethnie (de) f, Volksgruppe (de) f, Sippe (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἔθνος n (éthnos)

• Hungarian: etnikum (hu), népcsoport (hu), etnikai csoport
• Icelandic: þjóðarbrot n
• Ido: rasala grupo, etnio (io)
• Italian: etnia (it)
• Japanese: 民族 (ja) (みんぞく, minzoku)
• Khmer: ក្រុមជនជាតិ (krŏmchônchéatĕ)
• Korean: 민족(民族) (ko) (minjok)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: etniskā grupa f, etnoss m
• Manchu: ᡠᡴᠰᡠᡵᠠ (uksura)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: folkegruppe m or f

  Nynorsk: folkegruppe f

• Persian: قوم (fa) (qowm)
• Polish: grupa etniczna (pl) f
• Portuguese: etnia (pt) f, grupo étnico m
• Romanian: grup etnic n
• Russian: этни́ческая гру́ппа f (etníčeskaja grúppa), национа́льность (ru) f (nacionálʹnostʹ), э́тнос (ru) m (étnos)
• Spanish: grupo étnico m, etnia (es) f
• Swedish: etnisk grupp c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: dân tộc (vi) (民族 (vi))

See also

• clan
• family
• kin
• mankind
• nation
• people
• race
• tribe

 

Further reading

• ethnic group on Wikipedia.Wikipedia