Definitions for metismeɪˈtis, -ˈti; -ˈtis, -ˈtiz
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mé•tismeɪˈtis, -ˈti; -ˈtis, -ˈtiz(n.)(pl.)-tis
or me•tis
any person of mixed ancestry.
Category: Physical Anthropology
(cap.) (in Canada) the offspring of an American Indian and a white person, esp. one of French ancestry.
Category: Physical Anthropology
Origin of métis:
1810–20; < F; OF mestis < LL mixtīcius commingled; see mestizo
Princeton's WordNet
Metis(noun)
a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry
Webster Dictionary
Metis(u)
alt. of Metisse
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Metis
in the Greek mythology the daughter of Oceanos and Tethys, and the first wife of Zeus; afraid lest she should give birth to a child wiser and more powerful than himself, he devoured her on the first month of her pregnancy, and some time afterwards being seized with pains, he gave birth to Athena (q. v.) from his head.
Translations for metis
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
cross-bred(adjective)
an animal bred from two different breeds.
- kruisingAfrikaans
- مُهَجَّـن، مُختَلَط النَّسِلArabic
- кръстосанBulgarian
- cruzadoPortuguese (BR)
- (z)kříženýCzech
- gekreuztGerman
- krydset; blandetDanish
- διασταυρωμένοςGreek
- cruzado, híbridoSpanish
- ristatud, ristand-Estonian
- دو رگه؛ پیوندیFarsi
- risteytettyFinnish
- métisFrench
- בֵּן כִּלאָייִםHebrew
- संकर किया हुआHindi
- križanCroatian
- keresztezett fajtájúHungarian
- peranakanIndonesian
- kynblandaðurIcelandic
- ibrido, incrocioItalian
- 雑種のJapanese
- 교배종의Korean
- hibridinis, mišrus, gautas kryžminimo būduLithuanian
- krustojuma-; hibrīda-Latvian
- kacukMalay
- gekruistDutch
- avlet ved krysningNorwegian
- mieszanyPolish
- دو رگه؛ پیوندیPersian
- دو رګه ، پیوندیPashto
- cruzadoPortuguese
- încrucişat, hibridRomanian
- кроссбредныйRussian
- kríženýSlovak
- križanSlovenian
- ukrštenSerbian
- av blandrasSwedish
- พันธุ์ผสมThai
- melez, kırmaTurkish
- 雜種的，混種的Chinese (Trad.)
- змішаний, гібриднийUkrainian
- دو الگ نسلوں والے جانوروں سے پیدا هوا بچہUrdu
- thuộc lai tạoVietnamese
- 杂种的Chinese (Simp.)
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