Masculine
métier
Sentences
La directrice a un second 2nd métier .
2nd
The director has a second job.
Meaning
- (masculine) job, profession, trade
- (masculine) skill, craft
- (masculine) machine, device, loom
Concepts
line of work
tool bit
avocation
exercitation
Synonyms
métier manuel
travail manuel
les activités
secteur d’activité
Translations
Frequency
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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