Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interracial

/ˌɪntəˈɹeɪʃəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-ra-cial
IPA: /ˌɪntəˈɹeɪʃəl/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Between or among two or more different races.

Example Sentences

"Interracial struggle against Europid people is a para-Marxist notion."
"In Spike Lee’s story of interracial romance, Jungle Fever (June), Wesley Snipes plays a young buppie New York architect whose affair with his Italian-American secretary (Annabella Sciorra) threatens his marriage and her relationship to her family."
"Like their American counterparts, German officials frowned on interracial sexual fraternization."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- 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 English interracial From inter- + racial.

Inflected Forms

more interracial (comparative) most interracial (superlative) inter-racial (alternative)

Derived Forms

interracialism interracialist interraciality interracialize interracially

Synonyms

mixed

Antonyms

intraracial

Rhymes With

racial facial spatial glacial multiracial biracial palatial spacial transracial nonracial proglacial

Questions

How do you pronounce interracial?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪntəˈɹeɪʃəl/.
What does interracial mean?: Between or among two or more different races.
Where does interracial come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- 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 English interracial From inter- + racial.

How to pronounce interracial

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “interracial”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˌɪntəˈɹeɪʃəl/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “interracial”.
Repeat and practice — Say “interracial” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.