metis
A person of mixed-race ancestryA person of mixed-race ancestry.
» Jupiter has four inner satellites: Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe. Their orbits are very close to the planet.
У Юпитера четыре внутренних спутника: Метида, Адрастея, Амальтея и Фива. Их орбиты расположены очень близко к планете.
Значение
значений: 3A person of mixed-race ancestry.
a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry
(США)A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.
(неисчисляемое)Practical intelligence; street smarts.
Примеры
предложений: 1Jupiter has four inner satellites: Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe. Their orbits are very close to the planet.
У Юпитера четыре внутренних спутника: Метида, Адрастея, Амальтея и Фива. Их орбиты расположены очень близко к планете. — Wezel
Происхождение
Borrowed from French métis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Akin tBorrowed from French métis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Akin to mestizo, which came from Spanish. More at Metis.
From Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis).
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