métèque

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /me.tɛk/

Noun

métèque m or f (plural métèques)

(historical) metic
(derogatory) wop, stranger
- 1969, Georges Moustaki (lyrics), “Le Métèque”, in Le Métèque, performed by Georges Moustaki:
  Avec ma gueule de métèque / De juif errant, de pâtre grec / Et mes cheveux aux quatre vents
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Further reading

“métèque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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