mulatto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mulus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.[1].

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ

Noun

mulatto (plural mulattoes or mulattos)

  1. (often pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent.
  2. (census) Anyone born to two half-black and half-white parents.
  3. (census) Anyone who is three quarters black and one quarter white, or one quarter black and three quarters white.

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References

  1. ↑ “mulatto” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -atto

Adjective

mulatto (feminine singular mulatta, masculine plural mulatti, feminine plural mulatte)

  1. mulatto (attributive)

Noun

mulatto m (plural mulatti, feminine mulatta)

  1. mulatto

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