"métier" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛtjeɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: métiers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French métier. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|métier}} French métier Head templates: {{en-noun}} métier (plural métiers)
  1. Any activity that is pursued as a trade or profession; a calling. Translations (calling): занаятие (zanajatie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 職業 (Chinese Mandarin), 职业 (zhíyè) (Chinese Mandarin), kald [neuter] (Danish), beroep [masculine] (Dutch), ammatti (Finnish), métier (French), Metier [neuter] (German), ofício (Portuguese), metiê [masculine] (Portuguese), vocație [feminine] (Romanian), kall (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-métier-en-noun-PRmK5KF0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 18 26 Disambiguation of 'calling': 91 5 4
  2. An activity to which a person is particularly suited. Synonyms: forte, forte Translations (forte): 專長 (Chinese Mandarin), 专长 (zhuāncháng) (Chinese Mandarin), styrke [common-gender] (Danish), force [common-gender] (Danish), vahvuus (Finnish), Metier [neuter] (German), putere [feminine] (Romanian), styrka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-métier-en-noun-8uKKmLBe Disambiguation of 'forte': 3 94 4
  3. An outstanding or beneficial feature. Translations (feature): 特點 (Chinese Mandarin), 特点 (tèdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), ominaisuus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-métier-en-noun-FGWnjbSq Disambiguation of 'feature': 4 7 89

Noun [French]

IPA: /me.tje/ Audio: Fr-métier.ogg Forms: métiers [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|mestier|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French mestier, {{inh+|fr|fro|mestier}} Inherited from Old French mestier, {{inh|fr|VL.|*misterium}} Vulgar Latin *misterium, {{m|la|mystērium}} mystērium, {{m+|fr|mystère}} French mystère, {{m|la|ministerium}} ministerium, {{m+|fr|ministère}} French ministère, {{cog|es|-}} Spanish, {{cog|ca|menester}} Catalan menester Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} métier m (plural métiers)
  1. job, profession, trade Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-métier-fr-noun-2-a79bxR Disambiguation of Occupations: 68 19 14
  2. skill Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-métier-fr-noun-nFPAdNes Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 47 46
  3. (textile arts) machine, device, loom Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-métier-fr-noun-jaEa7bfp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 47 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boulot [informal], job, emploi, travail Derived forms: avoir du métier, chacun son métier, les vaches seront bien gardées, corps de métier, c’est le métier qui rentre, ficelles du métier, il n’y a pas de sot métier, métier à tisser, métier de bouche, plus vieux métier du monde

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      "word": "Metier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forte",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "putere"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forte",
      "word": "styrka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "feature",
      "word": "特點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tèdiǎn",
      "sense": "feature",
      "word": "特点"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "feature",
      "word": "ominaisuus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "métier"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "fr:Occupations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "avoir du métier"
    },
    {
      "word": "chacun son métier, les vaches seront bien gardées"
    },
    {
      "word": "corps de métier"
    },
    {
      "word": "c’est le métier qui rentre"
    },
    {
      "word": "ficelles du métier"
    },
    {
      "word": "il n’y a pas de sot métier"
    },
    {
      "word": "métier à tisser"
    },
    {
      "word": "métier de bouche"
    },
    {
      "word": "plus vieux métier du monde"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "métier",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: métier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: métier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Metier",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Metier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Metier"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "mestier",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French mestier",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "mestier"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French mestier",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*misterium"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *misterium",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mystērium"
      },
      "expansion": "mystērium",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "mystère"
      },
      "expansion": "French mystère",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ministerium"
      },
      "expansion": "ministerium",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ministère"
      },
      "expansion": "French ministère",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "menester"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan menester",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "métiers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "métier m (plural métiers)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "job, profession, trade"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ],
        [
          "trade",
          "trade"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "skill"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skill",
          "skill"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "machine, device, loom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "loom",
          "loom"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "textile arts",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(textile arts) machine, device, loom"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/me.tje/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-métier.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/Fr-m%C3%A9tier.ogg/Fr-m%C3%A9tier.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Fr-m%C3%A9tier.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "boulot"
    },
    {
      "word": "job"
    },
    {
      "word": "emploi"
    },
    {
      "word": "travail"
    }
  ],
  "word": "métier"
}

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