multiracial

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ racial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmʌltiˈɹeɪʃəl/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

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Adjective

multiracial (comparative more multiracial, superlative most multiracial)

1. Composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races.
   • 2018 July 27, Gerard Delanty, Routledge International Handbook of Cosmopolitanism Studies: 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN:

     Coined by Taiye Selasi (2005) and Achille Mbembe (2007), the term refers to an Afrocosmopolitan ethos of transcending national differences to forge multiracial communities. Fostered by recent histories of migration and globalization as […]

Usage notes

In 2006 British anthropological surveys by Peter J. Aspinall et al, out of 75 general population respondents who identified as “mixed race” and one who did not, three found the term “multiracial” offensive and two indicated it was a preferred term. Out of 311 student respondents who identified as “mixed race” and 15 who did not, seven found the term “multiracial” offensive and 32 indicated it was a preferred term.

Translations

of, or having a mixture of, multiple races

• Afrikaans: veelrassig (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多種族的 / 多种族的 (duō zhǒngzú de)

• Czech: multirasový
• Finnish: monirotuinen
• German: verschiedenrassig, vielrassig, mehrrassig, gemischtrassig
• Greek: πολυφυλετικός (el) m (polyfyletikós)
• Italian: multirazziale
• Portuguese: multirracial
• Russian: многора́совый (ru) (mnogorásovyj)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: amlhiliol

Noun

multiracial (plural multiracials)

1. An individual of more than one race.
   • 2008 March 23, Peggy Orenstein, “Mixed Messenger”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Hawaii, Obama’s childhood home, is the most diverse state in the Union: 21 percent of residents identified as “Hapa,” a Hawaiian word meaning “half” that has gone from being a slur against mixed-race Asians to a point of pride —— and has increasingly been adopted by multiracials of all kinds on the Mainland.

French

Etymology

From multi- +‎ racial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myl.ti.ʁa.sjal/

Adjective

multiracial (feminine multiraciale, masculine plural multiraciaux, feminine plural multiraciales)

1. multiracial

Further reading

• “multiracial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.