multiethnic
/mˌʌltiˈɛθnɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups.
noun
A member of more than one ethnic group.
Example Sentences
- "In general, they are propagating the image of Ukrainians as the European descendants of good peasant stock, of multiethnic pioneers, and of an ancient multiethnic state."
- "As a multicultural and multiethnic society, Singapore has four official languages: Malay, Mandarin, Tamil, and English, with Malay considered the national language and English as a nominally neutral ‘working language’ allowing communication across all communities."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós)bor. Latin ethnicusbor. Middle English ethnik English ethnic English multiethnic From multi- + ethnic.
Inflected Forms
more multiethnic (comparative)
most multiethnic (superlative)
multi-ethnic (alternative)
multiethnics (plural)