Race
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English
Noun
race (countable and uncountable; plural races)
- A contest between people, animals or vehicles where the goal is to reach some point before all of the others.
- A progressive movement toward a goal.
- A fast moving current of water.
- A group having common ancestors.
- A classification of human beings based on superficial traits such as skin colour, and shape of facial features
- (uncountable) Relations between different races (in the sense of classifications of human beings.
- Race was a significant issue during apartheid in South Africa.
Translations
- Breton: redadeg f (1), red m (3), gouenn f (5)
- Dutch: wedstrijd f (1), race f (1), wedloop m (1), ras n (5)
- Finnish: kilpailu (1, 2), rotu (5)
- French: course f (1), race f (5)
- German: Rennen n (1, 2), Rasse f (4, 5)
- Indonesian: lomba / pacuan (1), laju (2,3), ras (4)
- Interlingua: cursa (1, 2); currente, torrente (3); racia (4, 5)
- Italian: corsa f (1)
- Japanese: 競争 (きょうそう, kyōsō) (1), 進行 (しんこう, shinkō) (2), 人種 (じんしゅ, jinshu) (4)
- Polish: wyścig m (1, 2), rasa (3, 4)
- Portuguese: corrida f (1,2); correnteza f, torrente f (3); raça f (4, 5)
- Romanian: cursă, concurs (1)
- Spanish: carrera, concurso (1), raza (4, 5)
- Russian: гонка f, гонки pl(1, 2), раса f (4, 5)
Intransitive verb
- To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
- 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.
- Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
Translations
- Breton: kemer perzh en ur redadeg (1)
- Dutch: racen, rennen, wedlopen
- Finnish: kilpailla (1)
- Indonesian: lomba (1), berpacu (1, 2), melaju (2)
- Interlingua: currer (1, 2)
- Italian: correre (2)
- Japanese: 競争する (きょうそうする, kyōsō-suru), 競う (きそう, kisou) (1)
- Portuguese: correr (1, 2)
French
Noun
race f
- Race (classification)
- kind
Synonyms
- espèce
Related terms
- racial
- racisme
- raciste
