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ethnos

/ˈɛθ.nɒs/

ethnos noun: an ethnic group, or a people who have a common national or cultural tradition.

Noun

ethnos (plural ethne or ethnoses)

  1. An ethnic group, or a people who have a common national or cultural tradition.

ethnos meaning in Tamil

ethnos in Tamil

சிறு குமுகங்கள்

Forms of ethnos

pluralethne
pluralethnoses

Plural of ethnos: ethne or ethnoses

Origin of ethnos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos).

Questions about ethnos

What does ethnos mean?
Ethnos means an ethnic group, or a people who have a common national or cultural tradition.
What is ethnos in Tamil?
Ethnos in Tamil is சிறு குமுகங்கள். See Ethnos meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ethnos?
Ethnos is a noun.
How do you pronounce ethnos?
Ethnos is pronounced /ˈɛθ.nɒs/.
What is the plural of ethnos?
The plural of ethnos is ethne.

Words near ethnos in the dictionary

  1. ethnorelativism
  2. ethnorelativity
  3. ethnoreligion
  4. ethnoreligious
  5. ethnoreligiously
  6. ethnos
  7. ethnoscape
  8. ethnoscapes
  9. ethnoscience
  10. ethnosciences
  11. ethnoscientific

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ethnos (page history and authors); ethnos (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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