metis

See also: METIs, Metis, métis, and Métis

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French métis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Akin to mestizo, which came from Spanish.

Alternative forms

métis (Canada)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meɪˈtiː/, /meɪˈtiːs/
Rhymes: -iː, -iːs

Noun

metis (plural metis)

A person of mixed-race ancestry.
(chiefly Canada, US) Alternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal peoples; any person of mixed European and Indigenous descent”)
(US) A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.

Adjective

metis (not comparable)

Of mixed heritage
Of Métis heritage.

Related terms

Metis
Mestee

Translations

a person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent

Azerbaijani: metis
Chinese:
Mandarin: 混血兒／混血儿 (zh) (hùnxuè'ér)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
French: métis (fr) m, métisse (fr) f
German: Mischling (de) m
Japanese: 混血児 (こんけつじ, konketsuji)
Mongolian: эрлийз (mn) (erliiz)
Ojibwe: wiisaakodewinini
Romanian: metis (ro)
Russian: мети́с (ru) m (metís), мети́ска (ru) f (metíska)
Spanish: mestizo (es)
Turkish: kırma (tr), melez (tr)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmiːtɪs/
Rhymes: -iːtɪs

Noun

metis (uncountable)

(knowledge management) Practical intelligence; street smarts.

Anagrams

MSTie, STEMI, Times, e-stim, emits, i-stem, items, mites, setim, smite, stime, times

Catalan

Verb

metis

second-person singular present subjunctive form of metre

Esperanto

Verb

metis

past of meti

Ido

Verb

metis

past of metar

Latin

Noun

mētīs f

dative/ablative plural of mēta

Romanian

Etymology

From French métis.

Noun

metis m (plural metiși)

metis, half-breed

Declension

Declension of metis

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) metis	metisul	(niște) metiși	metișii
genitive/dative	(unui) metis	metisului	(unor) metiși	metișilor
vocative	metisule		metișilor