metis

English - Turkish

Definition of metis in English Turkish dictionary: (Biyoloji) metos; (Mitoloji) Hikmet ve tedbirlik tanrıçası. Okeanos ile Tethys'in kızı; avrupalı zılderili melezi; {i} avrupalı kızılderili melezi (kanada); (isim) avrupalı kızılderili melezi (kanada)

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of metis in Turkish Turkish dictionary: Melez, kırma; Kırma, azma, melez
METİS: (Hukuk) Melez, iki ayrı ırktan olma

English - English

Definition of metis in English English dictionary: One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English; A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Often uncapitalized; A satellite of Jupiter; The personification of "Wisdom". Daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She was a Titan, but not one of the first twelve Titans. First spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena, goddess of wisdom. She symbolises the divine wisdom; a band of part Native American, part Caucasian peoples who inhabited Southern Manitoba in Canada; {i} (Canadian) half-breed of white and Indian parents; a half-breed of white and Indian parentage

Turkish - English

Definition of metis in Turkish English dictionary: (Tıp) halfbreed; mongrel; mestizo; biol. (a) hybrid
a metis: a mestizo

metis

Hyphenation

Me·tis

Turkish pronunciation

metîs

Synonyms

bois brule, country born, mixed-blood, pejorative, offensive, half-breed

Pronunciation

/ˈmetəs/ /ˈmɛtɪs/

Etymology

() French métis Old French mestis Late Latin mixtīcius. Métis originally referred to Francophone and Cree-speaking descendants of the French-Catholic Red River Métis in Manitoba. Compare mestizo.