métayer

sharecropper, metayer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/me.tɛ.je/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: moitoier

Inherited from Latin: medius

Cognate with Italian: mezzadro

Cognate with Spanish: mediero

In summary

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.

Concepts

sharecropper

cropper

sharecrop farmer

Synonyms

colon

méger

métayère

Translations

mezzadro

aparcero

ortakçı

arrendatário

فلاّح بالمقاسمة

mitger

medianero

Teilpächter

yarıcı

çiftlik kiracısı

fittavolo

parcer

dzierżawca

małorolny

parceiro rural