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. More at Metis.

Alternative forms

• métis (Canada)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

metis (plural metis)

1. A person of mixed-race ancestry.
2. (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”).
3. (US) A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.

Adjective

metis (not comparable)

1. Of mixed heritage
2. 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 (ja) (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)

1. (knowledge management) Practical intelligence; street smarts.

Anagrams

• EMT-Is, stime, Times, times, setim, MSTie, items, mites, et sim., e-stim, emits, i-stem, smite, STEMI

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.tis]

Verb

metis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of metre

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetis/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -etis
• Syllabification: me‧tis

Verb

metis

1. past of meti

Ido

Verb

metis

1. past of metar

Latin

Noun

mētīs f

1. dative/ablative plural of mēta

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French métis. Doublet of mistreț, which was inherited.

Noun

metis m (plural metiși)

1. metis, half-breed

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	metis	metisul	metiși	metișii
genitive-dative	metis	metisului	metiși	metișilor
vocative	metisule		metișilor