"métayer" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /me.tɛ.je/, /me.te.je/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-métayer.wav Forms: métayers [plural], métayère [feminine]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|moitoier}} Old French moitoier, {{m|fro|moitoieor}} moitoieor, {{m|fro|moitieur}} moitieur, {{inh|fr|LL.|medietārius}} Late Latin medietārius, {{inh|fr|la|medius||middle, half}} Latin medius (“middle, half”), {{af|fr|moitié|-ier}} moitié + -ier, {{cog|it|mezzadro}} Italian mezzadro, {{cog|es|mediero}} Spanish mediero Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} métayer m (plural métayers, feminine métayère)
  1. sharecropper, metayer Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Agriculture Synonyms: méger Derived forms: métairie, métayage Related terms: médiateur, moitié, mitoyen
    Sense id: en-métayer-fr-noun-IatxnpYF Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ier

Inflected forms

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