different between racial vs ethic

English

Etymology

1862, race +? -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e???l/
• Rhymes: -e???l

Adjective

racial (comparative more racial, superlative most racial)

1. Of or relating to a race (or a people).

   the racial complexion

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

racial (plural racials)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Alaric, Arcila, Claira

Catalan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r?.si?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ra.si?al/

Adjective

racial (masculine and feminine plural racials)

1. racial

Related terms

• raça

Further reading

• “racial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

race +? -ial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.sjal/

Adjective

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

1. racial

Related terms

• race
• racialement
• racialiser

Further reading

• “racial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• raclai

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

racial m or f (plural raciais)

1. racial

Further reading

• “racial” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

raça +? -ial

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?a?sjaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???sja?/

Adjective

racial m or f (plural raciais, comparable)

1. Of or relating to a race of people; racial.
2. (biology) Of or related to a race or subspecies of a population; racial.
3. Of or relating to a breed of animal; racial.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English racial; compare raza (“race”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ra??jal/, [ra??jal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ra?sjal/, [ra?sjal]
• Hyphenation: ra?cial

Adjective

racial (plural raciales)

1. racial

Related terms

• raza

Further reading

• “racial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• ethick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ????? (?thik?), from ?????? (?thikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ???? (êthos, “character, moral nature”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????k/

Adjective

ethic (comparative more ethic, superlative most ethic)

1. Moral, relating to morals.

Noun

ethic (plural ethics)

1. A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.

   I think the golden rule is a great ethic.

2. The morality of an action. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Related terms

• ethical
• ethics
• ethos

See also

• ethic dative

Further reading

• ethic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ethic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ethic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Citeh, etchi, theic