multicultural
adjective
- drawing from diverse cultures
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English multicultural From multiculture + -al or multi- + cultural.
- Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.
“Near-synonym: polycultural (several or many)”
“Viewed from the boardrooms of Britain, the market is becoming more multicultural than could have been imagined just five years ago.”
- Relating or pertaining to groups, households or families involving persons with different or mixed ethnicities or races.
“Bedgood, whose father is African American and mother is Caucasian, says he's struggling to deal with such hatred. He grew up in Santa Clarita and says he could not have imagined something like this happening in a quiet community with many multicultural families.”