metis

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See also Metis, and métis

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From French métis. Akin to Spanish mestizo.

Noun[edit]

metis

  1. (chiefly Canada) A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Often uncapitalized.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Greek

Noun[edit]

metis (uncountable)

  1. practical intelligence; street smarts.

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

metis

  1. Second-person singular present subjunctive form of metre.

Esperanto[edit]

Verb[edit]

metis

  1. past of meti

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

mētīs f

  1. dative plural of mēta
  2. ablative plural of mēta
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