mulatto
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /muˈlɑtoʊ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /m(j)ʊˈlætəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ, -ætəʊ
Noun
mulatto (plural mulattoes or mulattos)
- (historical, now sometimes derogatory) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.
Coordinate terms
- mixed black and white:
- cabre, cob (cobb), griffe, Sambo (samboe), terceroon (3/4 black)
- marabou (5/8 black)
- costee, quadroon (1/4 black)
- mustee (mestee) / octoroon (octaroon) (1/8 black)
- fustee, hexadecaroon, musteefino (mustifino, mustiphini) (1/16 black)
- quintroon (quintoon) (1/16 or 1/32 black)
- dustee (1/32 black)
- mixed white and Native
Related terms
- mulatta, mulattress (female)
Translations
person of mixed black and white descent
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See also
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mulatto”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
mulatto (feminine mulatta, masculine plural mulatti, feminine plural mulatte)
Noun
mulatto m (plural mulatti, feminine mulatta)