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English
Etymology
1862, race + -ial.
Pronunciation
Adjective
racial (comparative more racial, superlative most racial)
- Of or relating to a race (or a people).
racial sterotypes
racial remarks
racial profiling
racial discrimination
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Translations
of or relating to a race (or a people)
Noun
racial (plural racials)
- (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)
- racial
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French
Etymology
From race + -ial.
Pronunciation
Adjective
racial (feminine raciale, masculine plural raciaux, feminine plural raciales)
- racial
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Galician
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: ra‧cial
Adjective
racial m or f (plural raciais)
- racial
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Portuguese
Etymology
From raça + -ial.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.siˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁaˈsjaw/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.siˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁaˈsjaw/
Adjective
racial m or f (plural raciais)
- (relational) race (of people); racial
- (biology, relational) race or subspecies (of a population); racial
- (relational) breed (of animal); racial
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English racial; compare raza (“race”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /raˈθjal/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /raˈsjal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ra‧cial
Adjective
racial m or f (masculine and feminine plural raciales)
- racial
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