interracial

in·ter·ra·cial
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/ˌɪntəˈɹeɪʃəl/

adjective

Between or among two or more different races.

“Interracial struggle against Europid people is a para-Marxist notion.”

Similar
racialmixedintegrated
Opposite
intraracial
OriginEnglish racial ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English race →
CommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectiveinterracial (comparative more interracial, superlative most interracial)

comparative more interracial · superlative most interracial · alternative inter-racial

  1. Between or among two or more different races.

    Interracial struggle against Europid people is a para-Marxist notion.

    2 more examples

    In Spike Lee’s story of interracial romance, Jungle Fever (June), Wesley Snipes plays a young buppie New York architect whose affair with his Italian-American secretary (Annabella Sciorra) threatens his marriage and her relationship to her family.

    1991 June 28, Ella Taylor, “Identity crises”, in The Atlantic

    Like their American counterparts, German officials frowned on interracial sexual fraternization.

    2005, Heide Fehrenbach, Race After Hitler: Black Occupation Children in Postwar Germany and America, page 64

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
intraracial

adjectivebetween races

Similar
racial

adjectiveinvolving or composed of different races

Similar
mixedintegrated
Also see
integratedmiscegeneticmiscegenousmixedracial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁s-
  8. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*rās
  10. Old Englishrǣs
  11. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  12. Old Norserás
  13. Middle Englishrace
  14. Englishrace
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Englishracial
  18. Englishinterracial

From inter- + racial.

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Translations

Catalan interracial
  • interracialbetween or including two or more races
Chinese Mandarin 跨種族 /跨种族
  • 跨種族 /跨种族between or including two or more races
Czech mezirasový
  • mezirasovýbetween or including two or more races
Finnish rotujenvälinen
  • rotujenvälinenbetween or including two or more races
French interracial
  • interracialbetween or including two or more races
German interrassisch
  • interrassischbetween or including two or more races
Hungarian fajok közötti
  • fajok közöttibetween or including two or more races
Italian interrazziale
  • interrazzialebetween or including two or more races
Japanese 異人種間の
  • 異人種間の (ijin shukan no)between or including two or more races
Polish międzyrasowy
  • międzyrasowybetween or including two or more races
Portuguese inter-racial
  • inter-racialbetween or including two or more races
Russian межра́совый
  • межра́совый (mežrásovyj)between or including two or more races
Spanish interracial
  • interracialbetween or including two or more races
Cite this entry
APA

interracial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interracial

MLA

“interracial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interracial. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interracial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interracial.

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