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English

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Pronunciation
enPR|/rās/, IPA|/reɪs/, SAMPA|/reIs/
audio|en-us-race.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|eɪs

Etymology 1
MF. #French|race.

Noun
wikipedia
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1. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.

#: The Anglo-Saxon race

1. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common, genetically linked, physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.

#: Race was a significant issue during apartheid in South Africa.

1. context|controversial usage One of the categories from the many subcategorizations of the human species. See Wikipedia's article on w:Race_(historical_definitions)|historical definitions of race.

#: The Native Americans colonized the New World in several waves from Asia, and thus they are part of the same Mongoloid race.

1. biology A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; informal for subspecies.
2. A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
3. figurative A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).

#: The advent of the Internet has brought about a new race of entrepreneur.
#: Recent developments in artificial intelligence has brought about a new race of robots that can perform household chores without supervision.

Synonyms
subspecies
breed
variety

Translations
trans-top|a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage
Czech: rasa f
Dutch: ras, afkomst
Finnish: rotu
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Kurdish: KUchar|نه‌ته‌وه‌
Slovene: rasa f
Swedish: ras c
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trans-top|a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of common, genetically-linked, physical characteristics
Dutch: ras
Finnish: rotu
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Kurdish: KUchar|نه‌ته‌وه‌
Slovene: rasa f
Swedish: ras c
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trans-top|one of the categories from the many subcategorizations of the human species
Dutch: ras, afkomst
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Slovene: rasa f
Swedish: ras c
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trans-top|a population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; informal for subspecies
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Swedish: ras c
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trans-top|a breed or strain of domesticated animal
Dutch: ras
Finnish: rotu
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trans-top|a category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one
Dutch: soort
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Related terms
racism
racial
racy

Etymology 2
ME. from ON. term|ras|rás|langnon, akin to Old English term|ræs|langang.

Noun
wikipedia|racing
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1. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins; in an arms race several countries each try to acquire more powerful weapons than any other.
2. A progressive movement toward a goal.
3. A fast moving current of water.
4. A rhizome (esp. of ginger).
5. The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.

Translations
trans-top|a contest
Arabic: ARchar|سباق IPAchar|(sibāq) m
Bosnian: trka f
Chinese: 競賽, 竞赛 (jìng sà i)
Croatian: trka f
Dutch: wedloop m
Finnish: kilpailu, kilpa
French: course f
German: Rennen n
Hungarian: verseny
Italian: corsa f
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Japanese: 競争 (きょうそう, kyōsō)
Korean: 경주 (gyeongju)
Portuguese: corrida f
Russian: гонки (gónki) f|p
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: трка f, гонка f i|rare
:Roman: trka f, gonka f i|rare
Slovene: dirka f
Spanish: carrera f
Swedish: kapplöpning c
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trans-top|a progressive movement toward a goal
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trans-top|a fast moving current of water
Finnish: voimakas virta, koski
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trans-top|a rhizome
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Spanish: raíz f
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trans-top|the bushings of a rolling element
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Breton: redadeg f (1), red#Breton|red m (3), gouenn f (5)
Chinese: 比赛 (bǐsà i), 竞赛 (jìngsà i), 竞争 (jìngzhēng); 人类 (rénlèi), 种族 (zhǒngzú), 种 (zhǒng), 类 (lèi)
Dutch: wedstrijd f (1), race f (1), wedloop m (1), ras n (5)
French: race f (5)
German: Rennen n (1, 2), Rasse f (4, 5)
Hungarian: t|hu|verseny
Ido: raso
Indonesian: lomba (1), pacuan (1), laju (2,3), ras (4)
Interlingua: cursa (1, 2); currente, torrente#Interlingua|torrente (3); racia (4, 5)
Irish: clann f (4)
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Japanese: 進行 (しんこう, shinkō) (2), 人種 (じんしゅ, jinshu) (4)
Korean: 시합 (sihap)
Polish: wyścig m (1, 2), rasa (3, 4)
Portuguese: corrida#Portuguese|corrida f (1,2); correnteza f, torrente#Portuguese|torrente f (3); raça f (4, 5)
Romanian: cursă, concurs (1)
Spanish: concurso (1), carrera (2), corriente (3), raza (4, 5), raíz (7)
Russian: гонка f (1, 2), раса f (4, 5)
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Verb
en-verb|rac|ing

1. intransitive To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
2. intransitive To move or drive at high speed.

#:As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door.
#:Her heart was racing as she peered into the dimly lit room.

1. intransitive Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.

Translations
trans-top|to take part in a race
Breton: kemer perzh en ur redadeg
Finnish: kilpailla, kisailla
Indonesian: lomba, pacu|berpacu
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Interlingua: currer
Japanese: 競う (きそう, kisou)
Portuguese: correr
Slovene: dirkati
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trans-top|to move or drive at high speed
Finnish: kiitää, porhaltaa
Indonesian: pacu|berpacu, laju|melaju
Interlingua: currer
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Italian: correre
Portuguese: correr
Slovene: dirjati (to move), dirkati (to drive)
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trans-top|of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission
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ttbc|Dutch: racen, rennen, wedlopen
ttbc|Japanese: 競争する (きょうそうする, kyōsō-suru)

Category:English words with multiple etymologies

French

Etymology
From It. term|razza|lang=it. Possibly from Arab. ra´s - literally "head", "source".

Pronunciation
IPA|/Ê€as/, SAMPA|/Ras/
:Rhymes:French:-as|Rhymes: -as

Noun
fr-noun|f

1. #English|race i|classification
2. kind

Synonyms
espèce

Related terms
racé
racial
racialisme
racialiste
raciologie
racisme
raciste

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