Meanings
nounmétier (plural métiers)
plural métiers
- Any activity that is pursued as a trade or profession; a calling.
- An outstanding or beneficial feature.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn activity to which a person is particularly suited.
Also see
Origin
- Frenchmétier
- Englishmétier
Borrowed from French métier. Doublet of mister (“employment, trade”).
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian занаятие
- занаятие (zanajatie)calling
Chinese Mandarin 職業 /职业, 專長 /专长
- 職業 /职业 (zhíyè)calling
- 專長 /专长 (zhuāncháng)forte
- 特點 /特点 (tèdiǎn)feature
Czech povolání
- povolánícalling
Danish kald, styrke
- kaldcalling
- styrkeforte
- forceforte
Dutch beroep
- beroepcalling
Finnish ammatti, vahvuus
- ammatticalling
- vahvuusforte
- ominaisuusfeature
French métier
- métiercalling
German Metier, Metier
- Metiercalling
- Metierforte
Portuguese ofício, metiê
- ofíciocalling
- metiêcalling
Romanian vocație, putere
- vocațiecalling
- putereforte
Russian призвание, ремесло
- призвание (prizvanije)calling
- ремесло (remeslo)forte
Swedish kall, styrka
- kallcalling
- styrkaforte
Cite this entry
APA
métier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/m%C3%A9tier
MLA
“métier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/m%C3%A9tier. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “métier,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/m%C3%A9tier.
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