Asiatic means belonging or relating to Asia or its people.
[old-fashioned]
...his placid Asiatic face.
Asiatic in British English
(ˌeɪʃɪˈætɪk, -zɪ-)
noun, adjective
sometimes offensive a word formerly used for Asian
▶ USAGE Asiatic is the correct word to use in scientific language when talking about flora, faunaand anthropology, for instance Asiatic lion. Using it as a noun is offensive and old-fashioned
Asiatic in American English
(ˌeɪʒiˈætɪk; ˌeɪziˈætɪk; Chiefly British ˌeɪʃiˈætɪk)
adjective, noun
Asian
now often a mild term of contempt or disparagement
In other languages
Asiatic
British English: Asiatic /ˌeɪʃɪˈætɪk; -zɪ-/ ADJECTIVE
Asiatic means belonging or relating to Asia or its people.
American English: Asiatic
Arabic: آسْيَوِيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: asiático
Chinese: 亚洲人的
Croatian: azijski
Czech: asijský
Danish: asiatisk
Dutch: Aziatisch
European Spanish: asiático
Finnish: aasialainen
French: asiatique
German: asiatisch
Greek: ασιατικός
Italian: asiatico
Japanese: アジアの
Korean: 아시아의
Norwegian: asiatisk
Polish: azjatycki
European Portuguese: asiático
Romanian: asiatic
Russian: азиатский
Latin American Spanish: asiático
Swedish: asiatisk
Thai: เอเชีย
Turkish: Asyalı
Ukrainian: азіатський
Vietnamese: thuộc châu Á/người châu Á
All related terms of 'Asiatic'
Afro-Asiatic
a family of languages of SW Asia and N Africa, consisting of the Semitic , ancient Egyptian , Berber , Cushitic , and Chadic subfamilies
Asiatic beetle
a Japanese scarabaeid beetle , Anomala orientalis, introduced into Hawaii and the northeastern US: a serious pest of sugar cane and cereal crops because it destroys the roots
Asiatic buffalo
a member of the cattle tribe , Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns . Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
Asiatic cholera
an acute intestinal infection characterized by severe diarrhoea , cramp , etc: caused by ingestion of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio comma
Austro-Asiatic
a hypothetical phylum or superfamily of languages consisting of Mon-Khmer and certain other languages of India and South-East Asia. Links with Malayo-Polynesian have also been suggested
Asiatic elephant
often called Asian elephant
Asiatic black bear
a bear, Selenarctos thibetanus , of central and E Asia , whose coat is black with a pale V-shaped mark on the chest
Afroasiatic
designating or of a family of African and Asian languages generally divided into the branches Berber , Cushitic , Semitic , Chadic , and ancient Egyptian
water buffalo
A water buffalo is an animal like a large cow with long horns that curve upwards . In some countries water buffalo are kept for their milk and are used to draw ploughs .
water ox
a member of the cattle tribe , Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns . Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
non-
Non- is used in front of adjectives and nouns to form adjectives that describe something as not having a particular quality or feature .
pan
A pan is a round metal container with a long handle , which is used for cooking things in, usually on top of a cooker or stove .