consisting of, relating to, or designed for various different races
multiethnic in American English
(ˌmʌltiˈɛθnɪk)
adjective
of or having to do with a society, community, etc. made up of people of many different ethnic backgrounds
multiethnic in American English
(ˌmʌltiˈeθnɪk, ˌmʌltai-)
adjective
involving or pertaining to two or more distinct ethnic groups
Word origin
[1965–70; multi- + ethnic]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: T cell, genetic engineering, no-fault, overdub, wraparoundmulti- is a combining form meaning “many,” “much,” “multiple,” “many times,” “more thanone,” “more than two,” “composed of many like parts,” “in many respects,” used inthe formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix multi- include: multifilament, multihull, multimedia, multimeter, multivalent
Examples of 'multiethnic' in a sentence
multiethnic
Even when the team became thoroughly multiethnic, this continued.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The aspiration is a multiethnic state, which moves beyond the former divisions of war.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's a puzzle, selling a universal notion of beauty to a multiethnic world.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Cities were on the rise - exciting, multitribal or multiethnic places where merchants imported new goods and ideas.