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racial

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English

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Etymology

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From race +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

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

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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.

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Noun

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racial (plural racials)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From raça +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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racial m or f (masculine and feminine plural racials)

  1. racial
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French

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Etymology

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From race +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. racial
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Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /raˈθjal/ [raˈθjɑɫ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /raˈsjal/ [raˈsjɑɫ]

  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: ra‧cial

Adjective

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racial m or f (plural raciais)

  1. racial

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From raça +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.siˈaw/ [ha.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁaˈsjaw/ [haˈsjaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁa.siˈaw/ [χa.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁaˈsjaw/ [χaˈsjaʊ̯]
 

Adjective

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English racial; compare raza (race).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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racial m or f (masculine and feminine plural raciales)

  1. racial

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