métier

Meaning

  1. job, profession, trade
  2. skill
  3. machine, device, loom

Frequency

B1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/me.tje/
Etymology

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

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