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Asturian
Adjective
étnico
- neuter of étnicu
Portuguese
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Etymology
Borrowed 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”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.ni.ku/, /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ni.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛt͡ʃ.ni.ko/, /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.ni.ko/
Adjective
étnico (feminine étnica, masculine plural étnicos, feminine plural étnicas)
- ethnic (related to a group of people having common origins)
- (archaic) ethnic; heathen; not Judaeo-Christian
- Synonym: pagão
Noun
étnico m (plural étnicos, feminine étnica, feminine plural étnicas)
- (archaic) an ethnic, heathen; a non-Judaeo-Christian
- Synonym: pagão
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
étnico (feminine étnica, masculine plural étnicos, feminine plural étnicas)
- ethnic
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