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

Related Terms

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

Related Terms

a metis

a mestizo

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.