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How to pronounce ethnic
Say it like this: /ˈɛθnɪk/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does ethnic mean?
adjOf or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.
“I like to eat ethnic food”
Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
“Indeed, such ethnic music festivals were probably common throughout the country”
nounAn ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
A heathen, a pagan.
The demonym of an Ancient Greek city.
“Coinage with the ethnic ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΕΥΦΡΑΤΗΝ survives from the mid-second century A.D.”
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