biracial

adjective

bi·​ra·​cial (ˌ)bī-ˈrā-shəl 

: of, relating to, or involving members of two races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)

a biracial coalition

biracial couples

also : having parents from two races

biracial children

biracialism

(ˌ)bī-ˈrā-shə-ˌli-zəm 

noun

Examples of biracial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Reddit user notes that one of the children is biracial, implying that the comment may have been racially motivated or, at the very least, insensitive. —Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025

Shane has an ultra hands-on mother (Christina Chang), who is eager to help market and monetize his boundary-breaking biracial celebrity, as well as a less aggressively intrusive father (Dylan Walsh). —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025

That Anderson positions a Black biracial character as the emblem of a better tomorrow has a flicker of naïveté. —Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025

The daughter of a Mexican mother and an Italian-American father, her biracial background drives her storytelling, focusing on identity, disability, and the Latine experience. —Denise Petski, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for biracial

• bifacial
• palatial
• postglacial
• preglacial
• subglacial
• craniofacial
• interfacial
• interglacial
• interracial
• multiracial
• orofacial
• periglacial

Kids Definition

biracial

adjective

bi·​ra·​cial (ˈ)bī-ˈrā-shəl 

: of, relating to, or involving people from two races

biracial communities

especially : having biological parents of two different ethnic identities