etnia
Portuguese, noun/e.t͡ʃiˈni.ɐ/
etnia is spelled E-T-N-I-A (5 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Etnia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ethnicity (an ethnic group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comunidade humana que se diferencia por sua especificidade sociocultural, refletida principalmente na língua…”.
What does etnia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineethnicity (an ethnic group)
- 2
feminineethnicity (the characteristics of an ethnic group)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. comunidade humana que se diferencia por sua especificidade sociocultural, refletida principalmente na língua, religião e maneiras de agir, tendo como origem o termo grego ethnos, que significa povo com o mesmo ethos, que é o conjunto dos costumes e hábitos fundamentais, no âmbito comportamental e cultural, característicos de uma determinada coletividade, época ou região
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of etnia
- etnias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce etnia?
- Brazil /e.t͡ʃiˈni.ɐ/
- Brazil /et͡ʃˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɛtˈni.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to etnia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is etnia in Portuguese?
etnia appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).