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# ethnic

«ethnic» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with a group of people who share a culture…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (ethnic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ethnic means to do with a group of people who share a culture, traditions, language or family history. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnic/#m1)

2) Ethnic can describe food, clothes or music from a particular culture, especially one from another country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In social studies: ethnic groups, ethnic minorities, a country with many ethnic groups. In everyday life: ethnic food and festivals. Phrases: ethnic group, ethnic minority, ethnic background, ethnic food.

### examples

- Our city has people from many ethnic groups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnic/#x1)
- She wore traditional ethnic clothes at the festival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnic/#x2)
- The market sells ethnic foods from around the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnic/#x3)
- We learned about the different ethnic groups in Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnic/#x4)
- Everyone should be treated fairly whatever their ethnic background. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnic/#x5)
- The town holds a festival of ethnic music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnic/#x6)

### note

Adjective only in careful use; do not call a person "an ethnic" — that is rude. Noun: ethnicity. Saying "ethnic food" can sound odd, because everyone's food belongs to some culture; many people prefer to name it, like "Thai food".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ethnic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.