Meaning of ethnic cleansing | Babel Free
Definitions
The mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic group by those of another.
Equivalents
العربية
تَطْهِير عِرْقِيّ
Беларуская
этнічная чыстка
Català
neteja ètnica
Čeština
etnická čistka
Dansk
etnisk udrensning
Deutsch
ethnische Säuberung
Ελληνικά
εθνοκάθαρση
Esperanto
etna purigado
Eesti
etniline puhastus
Suomi
etninen puhdistus
Magyar
etnikai tisztogatás
Íslenska
þjóðernishreinsun
Italiano
pulizia etnica
日本語
民族浄化
ქართული
ეთნიკური წმენდა
한국어
민족청소
Lietuvių
etninis valymas
Nederlands
etnische zuivering
Polski
czystka etniczna
Português
limpeza étnica
Română
epurare etnică
Русский
этни́ческая чи́стка
Svenska
etnisk rensning
ไทย
ล้างเผ่าพันธุ์
Türkçe
etnik temizlik
Yorùbá
ipẹyarun
Examples
“These television stations are part of the apparatus and power of Milosevic. This is the apparatus he has used to do the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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