See métier on Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ministère"
},
"expansion": "French ministère",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "mester"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese mester",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "mister"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese mister",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "mestiere"
},
"expansion": "Italian mestiere",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"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 Portuguese mester, also Portuguese mister, Italian mestiere, 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"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "boulot"
},
{
"word": "job"
},
{
"word": "emploi"
},
{
"word": "travail"
}
],
"word": "métier"
}
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