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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رأس (ra’s), “‘head’”) or of Germanic origin akin to Old High German reiza "line", rīga "line, lineage", Old English rāw "row, line, series".

Noun

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Wikipedia

Singular race

Plural countable and uncountable; plural races

race (countable and uncountable; plural races)

  1. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
    The Anglo-Saxon race
  2. 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.
  3. (controversial usage) One of the categories from the many subcategorizations of the human species. See Wikipedia's article on 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.
  4. (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; informal for subspecies.
  5. A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
  6. (figuratively) 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

Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "race"

Translations
a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage
  • Arabic: عِرْق (ʕirq) m.
  • Chinese: 种 (zhǒng), 种族 (zhǒng zú)
  • Czech: rasa cs(cs) f.
  • Dutch: ras nl(nl), afkomst nl(nl)
  • Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish: rotu fi(fi)
  • French: please add this translation if you can
  • German: Geschlecht de(de) n., Rasse de(de) f.
  • Hebrew: גזע ('geza') m.
  • Hungarian: faj hu(hu)
  • Italian: razza it(it) f.
  • Japanese: 人種 ja(ja) (jinshu) (じんしゅ)
  • Korean: 인종 (injong)
  • Kurdish: نه‌ته‌وه‌ ku(ku)
  • Latin: genus la(la) n., gens la(la) f.
  • Old English: please add this translation if you can
  • Russian: раса ru(ru) (rása) f.
  • Slovene: rasa sl(sl) f.
  • Spanish: raza es(es) f.
  • Swedish: ras sv(sv) c.
  • Turkish: please add this translation if you can
a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of common, genetically-linked, physical characteristics
  • Dutch: ras nl(nl)
  • Finnish: rotu fi(fi)
  • Italian: razza it(it) f.
  • Japanese: 人種 ja(ja) (jinshu) (じんしゅ)
  • Kurdish: نه‌ته‌وه‌
  • Slovene: rasa sl(sl) f.
  • Swedish: ras sv(sv) c.
one of the categories from the many subcategorizations of the human species
  • Slovene: rasa sl(sl) f.
  • Swedish: ras sv(sv) c.
a population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; informal for subspecies
  • Swedish: ras sv(sv) c.
a breed or strain of domesticated animal
  • Dutch: ras nl(nl)
  • Finnish: rotu fi(fi)
a category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one

Related terms

Etymology 2

Middle English from Old Norse rás, akin to Old English ræs, compare Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ras.

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Racing

Wikipedia

Singular race

Plural countable and uncountable; plural races

race (countable and uncountable; plural races)

  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. travels, runs, or journeys.
  5. A rhizome (esp. of ginger).
  6. The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.

Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "race"

Translations
contest
  • Arabic: سباق (sibāq) m.
  • Bosnian: trka bs(bs) f.
  • Chinese: 競賽, 竞赛 (jìng sài)
  • Croatian: trka hr(hr) f.
  • Czech: závod cs(cs) m.
  • Dutch: wedloop m.
  • Finnish: kilpailu fi(fi), kilpa fi(fi)
  • French: course fr(fr) f.
  • German: Rennen de(de) n.
  • Hungarian: verseny hu(hu)
  • Italian: corsa it(it) f.
  • Japanese: 競争 ja(ja) (kyōsō) (きょうそう)
  • Korean: 경주 (gyeongju)
  • Portuguese: corrida pt(pt) f.
  • Russian: гонки (gónki) f. pl.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: трка f., гонка f. (rare)
    Roman: trka f., gonka f. (rare)
  • Slovene: dirka sl(sl) f.
  • Spanish: carrera es(es) f.
  • Swahili: mbio sw(sw)
  • Swedish: kapplöpning c.
  • Taos: kwìawíne
a progressive movement toward a goal
  • Japanese: 進行 ja(ja) (shinkō) (しんこう)
  • Swahili: mbio sw(sw)
a fast moving current of water
  • Swahili: mbio sw(sw)
a rhizome
  • Japanese: 地下茎 ja(ja) (chikakei) (ちかけい)
  • Spanish: raíz es(es) f.
the bushings of a rolling element
  • Swahili: mbio sw(sw)
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Verb

Infinitive to race

Third person singular races

Simple past raced

Past participle raced

Present participle racing

to race (third-person singular simple present races, present participle racing, simple past and past participle raced)

  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.
  3. (intransitive) Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.

Translations
to take part in a race
  • Japanese: 競う ja(ja) (kisou) (きそう), 競争する ja(ja) (kyōsō-suru) (きょうそうする)
  • Portuguese: correr pt(pt)
  • Slovene: dirkati
  • Swahili: mbio sw(sw)
to move or drive at high speed
  • Italian: correre it(it)
  • Portuguese: correr pt(pt)
  • Slovene: dirjati (to move), dirkati (to drive)
  • Swahili: mbio sw(sw)
of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission
  • Swahili: mbio sw(sw)
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Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From English race

Noun

de race (plural races, diminutive racejes)

  1. Speed contest, race

Derived terms

  • raceauto
  • racebaan
  • racefiets
  • racen

Verb

race

  1. first person singular of racen
  2. imperative of racen

French

Etymology

From Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رأس (ra’s), “‘head’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

race f. (plural races)

  1. race (classification)
  2. kind

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