métis — meaning in English
French → English · translate English → French instead
English meaning
Senses
métis is used for these senses in English:
- colored (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, sometimes, capitalized) Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). (Under apartheid, used as a metadescription for mixed-race people and peoples such as the Cape Coloureds.)
- half-breed (of an animal or plant) Hybridized; having one purebred parent; descended from parents of different breeds or with different traits
- half-breed (dated, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo).
- mestizo (Philippines, historical) A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.
- metis Of mixed heritage
- mixed Stemming from two or more races or breeds.
- mixed-race (of a person) Having genetic characteristics of two or more different races.
- mongrel (often, pejorative) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.
colored — full definition
- adjective Having a particular color, especially a color other than plain black, white, or gray.
- adjective An outdated and now offensive term historically used to describe Black people or people of color in the US.
mixed — full definition
- adj Made up of different types or elements combined together.
- adj Involving both genders together.
- adj Having parentage or ancestry from more than one racial or ethnic background.