métier
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtjeɪ/
Noun
[edit]métier (plural métiers)
- Any activity that is pursued as a trade or profession; a calling.
- An activity to which a person is particularly suited.
- Synonyms: forte; see also Thesaurus:forte
- An outstanding or beneficial feature.
Translations
[edit]calling
forte
feature
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French mestier, inherited from Vulgar Latin *misterium, a conflation of mystērium (whence French mystère) and ministerium (whence French ministère). Compare Portuguese mester, also Portuguese mister, Italian mestiere, Spanish and Catalan menester.
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[edit]Noun
[edit]métier m (plural métiers)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “métier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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