мети́с
rare #29331
nounmasculineanimatecountable
- 1.
mestizo, half-breed, métis, person of mixed race
Он мети́с: оте́ц испа́нец, мать индиа́нка.
He is a mestizo: his father is Spanish and his mother is Native American.
"Half-breed" is dated and offensive in English; the Russian word is neutral.
- 2.
hybrid, crossbreed, mongrel (dog)biology
На́ша соба́ка — мети́с, не поро́дистая.
Our dog is a mongrel, not a pedigree.
Examples
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom.Nominative | мети́с | мети́сы |
| Gen.Genitive | мети́са | мети́сов |
| Dat.Dative | мети́су | мети́сам |
| Acc.Accusative | мети́са | мети́сов |
| Inst.Instrumental | мети́сом | мети́сами |
| Prep.Prepositional | мети́се | мети́сах |
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Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
Lucian edited noun basics 7 years ago.
