multiracial

multi- +‎ racial

• IPA^(key): /ˌmʌltiˈɹeɪʃəl/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

multiracial (comparative more multiracial, superlative most multiracial)

1. Composed of, or having a mixture of, multiple races.

In 2006 British anthropological surveys by Peter J. Aspinall et al, out of 75 general population respondents who identified as “mixed race” and one who did not, three found the term “multiracial” offensive and two indicated it was a preferred term. Out of 311 student respondents who identified as “mixed race” and 15 who did not, seven found the term “multiracial” offensive and 32 indicated it was a preferred term.[1]

multiracial (plural multiracials)

1. An individual of more than one race.
   • 2008 March 23, Peggy Orenstein, “Mixed Messenger”, in New York Times‎:

     Hawaii, Obama’s childhood home, is the most diverse state in the Union: 21 percent of residents identified as “Hapa,” a Hawaiian word meaning “half” that has gone from being a slur against mixed-race Asians to a point of pride —— and has increasingly been adopted by multiracials of all kinds on the Mainland.

From multi- +‎ racial.

• IPA^(key): /myl.ti.ʁa.sjal/

multiracial (feminine multiraciale, masculine plural multiraciaux, feminine plural multiraciales)

1. multiracial

• “multiracial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.