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metisse

metisse is the feminine of metis.

Meaning of metis

Noun (1)

metis (plural metis)

  1. A person of mixed-race ancestry.
  2. (US) A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.

Noun (2)

metis (uncountable)

  1. (knowledge management) Practical intelligence; street smarts.

See all 11 meanings of metis

Noun capitalized: Metisse

Metisse (plural Metisses)

  1. (feminine) feminine of Metis

Forms of metisse

pluralmetisses
alternative formmétisse
pluralMetisses
alternative formMétisse

Origin of metisse

French métisse

Borrowed from French Métisse.

Questions about metisse

What is metisse the feminine of?
Metisse is the feminine of metis.
What part of speech is metisse?
Metisse is a noun.
What is the plural of metisse?
The plural of metisse is metisses.

Words near metisse in the dictionary

  1. metipranolol
  2. metiram
  3. metirosine
  4. metis
  5. metisazone
  6. metisse
  7. metisses
  8. metitepine
  9. Metivier
  10. Metiviers
  11. metixene

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metisse (page history and authors); Metisse (page history and authors); metis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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