métier

See also: metier and Metier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French métier. Doublet of mister (“employment, trade”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtjeɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /meɪˈtjeɪ/

Noun

métier (plural métiers)

1. Any activity that is pursued as a trade or profession; a calling.
2. An activity to which a person is particularly suited.

   Synonyms: forte; see also Thesaurus:forte

3. An outstanding or beneficial feature.

Translations

calling

Bulgarian: занаятие n (zanajatie) Chinese: Mandarin: 職業 / 职业 (zh) (zhíyè) Danish: kald n Dutch: beroep (nl) m Finnish: ammatti (fi) French: métier (fr) German: Metier (de) n Portuguese: ofício (pt), metiê (pt) m Romanian: vocație (ro) f Swedish: kall (sv)

forte

Chinese: Mandarin: 專長 / 专长 (zh) (zhuāncháng) Danish: styrke c, force (da) c Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: vahvuus (fi) German: Metier (de) n Romanian: putere (ro) f Swedish: styrka (sv)

feature

Chinese: Mandarin: 特點 / 特点 (zh) (tèdiǎn) Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ominaisuus (fi)

Anagrams

• reemit, retime, reëmit, tremie

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mestier, inherited from Vulgar Latin *misterium, a conflation of mystērium (whence French mystère) and ministerium (whence French ministère). Compare Portuguese mister, also mester, Italian mestiere, Spanish and Catalan menester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.tje/

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Noun

métier m (plural métiers)

1. job, profession, trade
2. skill, craft
3. (textile arts) machine, device, loom

Synonyms

• (informal) boulot, job
• emploi, travail

Derived terms

• arts et métiers
• avoir du métier
• c'est le métier qui rentre
• chacun son métier, les vaches seront bien gardées
• corps de métier
• ficelles du métier
• il n'y a pas de sot métier
• métier à tisser
• métier de bouche
• plus vieux métier du monde

Descendants

• → English: métier
• → German: Metier

Further reading

• “métier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ermite, mérite, mérité