métier
French
noun
Definitions
- job, profession, trade
- skill
- (textile arts) machine, device, loom
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mestier inherited from Latin *misterium.
Origin
Latin
*misterium
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- métier English
- *misterium Latin
- ministerium Latin
- Metier German
- mestierante Italian
- mestiere Italian
- metier Danish
- mestier Old French
- metiisto Esperanto
- metilernejo Esperanto
- metio Esperanto
- mestiero Ido