racial

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English

Etymology

From race +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪʃəl/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃəl
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Adjective

racial (comparative more racial, superlative most racial)

  1. Of or relating to a race (or a people).
    the racial complexion
    racial stereotypes
    racial remarks
    racial profiling
    racial discrimination
    • 1712, The Art Melodious - Observations of a Musician, page 36:
      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.
    • 1854, W. Stevens, Printer (publishers), The Leisure Hour - An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading · Volume 3, page 678:
      Such extremes have always been characteristic of the barbarous northmen, and we may not be wrong in referring to racial causes for the solution of this problem of contrarieties otherwise inexplicable.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

racial (plural racials)

  1. (gaming) A skill possessed by all characters of a certain race.

Further reading

  • "racial" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 248.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From raça +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

racial m or f (masculine and feminine plural racials)

  1. racial

Further reading

French

Etymology

From race +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

Adjective

racial (feminine raciale, masculine plural raciaux, feminine plural raciales)

  1. racial

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /raˈθjal/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /raˈsjal/

  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: ra‧cial

Adjective

racial m or f (plural raciais)

  1. racial

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From raça +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

 
 

Adjective

racial m or f (plural raciais)

  1. (relational) race (of people); racial
  2. (biology, relational) race or subspecies (of a population); racial
  3. (relational) breed (of animal); racial

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English racial; compare raza (“race”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /raˈθjal/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /raˈsjal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ra‧cial

Adjective

racial m or f (masculine and feminine plural raciales)

  1. racial

Derived terms

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