nationality
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 国籍，国家，民族性
构词拆分
national词根/词干
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-ity后缀
Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description. · Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description.
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←法语 nationalité
- 源自 ←拉丁语 nātio “nation, people”
词源说明
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]
- A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state. [from 19th c.]
- (now rare) National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity. [from 17th c.]
- (now rare) Nationalism or patriotism. [from 18th c.]
- (obsolete) Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity. [19th c.]