Masculine
Meaning

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

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/me.tje/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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