Noun: métayer
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | métayer |
| Singular f | métayère |
| Plural m | métayers |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like métayer
greffier,
voiturier,
costumier,
giletier,
chaisier,
gondolier,
yolier,
étranger,
limonadier,
baguenaudier,
bouvier,
boucher,
bottier,
dizenier,
hallebardier,
journalier,
barbier,
sabotier,
panetier,
bachelier, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From an alteration of Old French moitoier, moitoieor, moitieur, from Late Latin medietārius, from Latin medius (“middle, half”). Or alternatively from moitié + -ier. See also Italian mezzadro, Spanish mediero. See: Latin Nouns '
medius', Italian Nouns '
mezzadro', Spanish Nouns '
mediero'.
Verbs referencing "métayer"
Italian Nouns
mezzadro, English Nouns
metayer.
Translations