mixed-race

Meanings

adjectivemixed-race (not comparable)

alternative mixed race

not comparableOf a person, having genetic characteristics of two or more different races.
It was the racist, settler colonialism that created whiteness, that created blackness, half-caste, quarter-caste, octoroon, that saw mixed-race people as a third race.
2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021
Synonyms: mixed-breed

adjectiveOf a person, having genetic characteristics of two or more different races.

Similar

Finnish sekarotuinen

French métis, métissé

German gemischtrassig

Hebrew בֶּן תַּעֲרֹבֶת

בֶּן תַּעֲרֹבֶת (ben ta'aróvet)having genetic characteristics of two or more different races

Hungarian kevert rasszú, félvér

Japanese ハーフ

Polish mieszany

Portuguese mestiço, mestiça

Russian сме́шанной ра́сы

сме́шанной ра́сы (sméšannoj rásy)having genetic characteristics of two or more different races

Spanish mestizo, de raza mixta

Welsh cymysgryw

Cite this entry

APA

mixed-race. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mixed-race

MLA

“mixed-race.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mixed-race. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mixed-race,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mixed-race.