raza

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See also: Raza, rază, raža, ražā, rażą, and răza

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ra‧za

Noun

raza f (plural races)

  1. race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the late 15th century. Probably from Old Spanish raça, whose etymology is obscure.

Pronunciation

 

 
  • (standard) Rhymes: -aθa
  • (seseo) Rhymes: -asa

  • Hyphenation: ra‧za

Noun

raza m (plural razas)

  1. race
  2. breed

Etymology 2

From Latin radius. Doublet of raio and raxo.

Pronunciation

Noun

raza m (plural razas)

  1. ray
    Synonym: raio
  2. spoke
  3. crack, fissure in the nails or hoofs of cows, horses or pigs

References

  • “raça” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “raza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “raza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “raza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “raza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Ladin

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ra‧za

Noun

raza f (plural razes)

  1. race (group of people)

Livonian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rasva.

Noun

raza

  1. fat

Old Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /raza/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /raza/

Noun

raza f

  1. Alternative form of raz

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

raza m inan

  1. Middle Polish form of raz

Declension

Attested forms of raza
singular plural
nominative raza razy
genitive — raz
dative — razom
accusative — razy
instrumental razą razy/razami
locative razie raziech/razach
vocative — —

Rohingya

Alternative forms

Noun

raza (Hanifi spelling 𐴌𐴝𐴎𐴝)

  1. king

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

raza f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of rază

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈraθa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈrasa/
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθa
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: ra‧za
  • Homophone: (Latin America) rasa

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Italian razza (compare other Romance cognates such as French race, Catalan raça, Occitan raça, Catalan raça).

Noun

raza f (plural razas)

  1. race, ethnicity
    la raza (localism) ― the people, mestizo
  2. breed, strain, lineage
    ¿Cómo es que yo nunca he oído de esa raza de perro antes?
    How is it that I've never heard of that dog breed before?
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish raça, from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius. Probably a doublet of raya. Compare also Romanian rază (“ray of light”).

Noun

raza f (plural razas)

  1. cleft, fissure
  2. beam of light, ray of light
  3. crack (in a horse’s hoof)
  4. stripe
Related terms

References

  1. ^ Real Academia Española
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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