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race.

race (classification)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁas/
  1. race (classification)

    feminine
  2. kind

    feminine
  3. breed

    feminine
Where this word comes from

As Middle French rasse (“entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people”), from c. 1480, spelling Middle French race recorded in 1549, from Italian razza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza).

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