mixed-race

English

Alternative forms

mixed race

Adjective

mixed-race (not comparable)

(of a person) Having genetic characteristics of two or more different races.

Usage notes

In 2006 British anthropological surveys by Peter J. Aspinall et al, out of 75 general population respondents who identified as “mixed race” and one who did not, none found the term “mixed race” offensive and 32 indicated it was a preferred term. Out of 311 student respondents who identified as “mixed race” and 15 who did not, six found the term “mixed race” offensive and 176 indicated it was a preferred term.[1]

Translations

having genetic characteristics of two or more different races

Finnish: sekarotuinen (fi)
French: métis (fr), métissé (fr)
German: gemischtrassig
Hebrew: בֶּן תַּעֲרֹבֶת‎ m (ben ta'aróvet)
Hungarian: kevert rasszú, félvér (hu), mesztic (hu)
Macedonian: мелез m (melez)
Russian: сме́шанной ра́сы (sméšannoj rásy)
Welsh: cymysgryw

References

Aspinall, Peter J. (April 2009), “'Mixed Race', 'Mixed Origins' or What? Generic Terminology for the Multiple Racial/Ethnic Group Population”, in Anthropology Today‎, volume 25, issue 2, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8322.2009.00653.x, ISSN 0268-540X, JSTOR 20528211, OCLC 787833449, archived from the original on 2010-07-15, pages 3–8

[1] Aspinall, Peter J. (April 2009), “'Mixed Race', 'Mixed Origins' or What? Generic Terminology for the Multiple Racial/Ethnic Group Population”, in Anthropology Today‎, volume 25, issue 2, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8322.2009.00653.x, ISSN 0268-540X, JSTOR 20528211, OCLC 787833449, archived from the original on 2010-07-15, pages 3–8