asiatique — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Asian noun A person from Asia or of Asian descent — in North America and Australia the word is often used specifically for people of East or Southeast Asian background, while in Britain it more often refers to people of South Asian background.
- mongoloid noun An outdated anthropological term for a now-discredited racial classification once used to group East Asian, Southeast Asian, and related peoples.
Senses
asiatique is used for these senses in English:
- Asian Of, relating to or from Asia.
- Asian (US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.
- mongoloid (anthropology, dated) A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, the Americas, and parts of Central Asia and South Asia (and sometimes eastern Fennoscandia) – as well as their descendants in other parts of the world.
Asian — full definition
- noun A person from Asia or of Asian descent — in North America and Australia the word is often used specifically for people of East or Southeast Asian background, while in Britain it more often refers to people of South Asian background.
- adj Relating to or coming from Asia.