Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

racial

/ˈɹeɪʃəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: racial
IPA: /ˈɹeɪʃəl/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a race (or a people).

noun

A skill possessed by all characters of a certain race.

Example Sentences

"the racial complexion"
"racial stereotypes"
"racial remarks"
"racial profiling"
"racial discrimination"
"From a musical point of view, the modern Iberian seems a fac-simile of the mediæval Frenchman. Barring out racial distinctions, they both live in an analogous environment."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English racial From race + -ial.

Inflected Forms

more racial (comparative) most racial (superlative) racials (plural)

Derived Forms

alethoracial antiracial antiracialism aracial biracial cisracial cisracialism ethnoracial hyperracial interracial intraracial monoracial

Phrases

aletho-racial anti-racial anti-racialism cis-racial cis-racialism inter-racial multi-racial non-racial

Frequently Paired Words

antiracism anti-racism anti-racist antiracist cis-racism cisracism postracism post-racism

Rhymes With

facial spatial glacial interracial multiracial biracial palatial spacial transracial nonracial proglacial maxillofacial

Questions

How do you pronounce racial?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹeɪʃəl/.
What does racial mean?: Of or relating to a race (or a people).
Where does racial come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English racial From race + -ial.

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