ethnic

Meanings

Plural: ethnics

Noun

a person who is a member of an ethnic group
An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
A heathen, a pagan.
The demonym of an Ancient Greek city.

Adjective Satellite

denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; - J.F.Kennedy
- "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"
- "ethnic food"
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

Adj

Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.
Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English ethnik, 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”).

Synonyms

cultural, ethnical, exotic, gentile, heathen, heathenish, pagan

Scrabble Score: 11

ethnic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ethnic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ethnic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

ethnic is a valid Words With Friends word