ethnie
French, noun/ɛt.ni/
ethnie is spelled E-T-H-N-I-E (6 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ethnie is a French feminine noun meaning “ethnic group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe humain qui partage une même culture, en particulier pour la langue et les traditions”.
What does ethnie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineethnic group
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Groupe humain qui partage une même culture, en particulier pour la langue et les traditions. 2. Race (bien que la notion d’ethnie s’oppose normalement à celle de race, qui concerne les traits physiques et non la culture).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ethnie
- ethnies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ethnie?
- /ɛt.ni/
- /et.ni/
- \ɛt.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ethnie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ethnie in French?
ethnie appears 2.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).