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multiracial

multiracial

English

Adjective

multiracial (comparative more multiracial, superlative most multiracial)

  1. Composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races

Translations

Noun

multiracial (plural multiracials)

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

multi- + racial

Adjective

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

  1. multiracial