English

Etymology (run)

Old Norse rás

Etymology (group)

Italian razza

Pronunciation

• /rās/, /reɪs/, /reIs/

  Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

race (countable and uncountable; plural races)

1. A contest between people, animals or vehicles where the goal is to reach some point before all of the others.
2. A progressive movement toward a goal.
3. A fast moving current of water.
4. A group having common ancestors.
5. A classification of human beings based on superficial traits such as skin colour, and shape of facial features
6. (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)
• Chinese: 比赛 , 竞赛 , 竞争 ; 人类, 种族 , 种, 类
• 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)
•  : raso
• Indonesian: lomba / pacuan (1), laju (2,3), ras (4)
• Interlingua: cursa (1, 2); currente , torrente (3); racia (4, 5)
• Irish: clann f (4)
• 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

1. To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
2. 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. 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

Pronunciation

• /ʀas/, /Ras/

  Rhymes: -as

Noun

race f

1. race (classification)
2. kind

Synonyms

• espèce

Related terms

• racial
• racisme
• raciste