"métier" meaning in French

See métier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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 Portuguese mester, also Portuguese mister, Italian mestiere, 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+|fr|mystère}} French mystère, {{m+|fr|ministère}} French ministère, {{cog|pt|mester}} Portuguese mester, {{cog|pt|mister}} Portuguese mister, {{cog|it|mestiere}} Italian mestiere, {{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

Inflected forms

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      "word": "avoir du métier"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "corps de métier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "c’est le métier qui rentre"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ficelles du métier"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "il n’y a pas de sot métier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "métier à tisser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "tr": "",
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        "2": "ministère"
      },
      "expansion": "French ministère",
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    },
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      "expansion": "Portuguese mester",
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      "expansion": "Portuguese mister",
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      "expansion": "Italian mestiere",
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      "expansion": "Spanish",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "menester"
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      "expansion": "Catalan menester",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "fr:Occupations",
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            "Work",
            "Human",
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            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
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        [
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          "profession"
        ],
        [
          "trade",
          "trade"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
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          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "loom",
          "loom"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(textile arts) machine, device, loom"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/me.tje/"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "job"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "emploi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "travail"
    }
  ],
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    "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",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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      "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"
    }
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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    {
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ministère"
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      "expansion": "French ministère",
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      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
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      "expansion": "Portuguese mester",
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      "expansion": "Portuguese mister",
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      "expansion": "Italian mestiere",
      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "ca",
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      },
      "expansion": "Catalan menester",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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          "job",
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        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ],
        [
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          "trade"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "skill",
          "skill"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "machine, device, loom"
      ],
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          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "loom",
          "loom"
        ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "boulot"
    },
    {
      "word": "job"
    },
    {
      "word": "emploi"
    },
    {
      "word": "travail"
    }
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}

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