cœur de métier
French, noun/kœʁ də me.tje/
cœur de métier is spelled C-Œ-U-R-D-E-M-É-T-I-E-R (12 letters). Cœur de métier is a French masculine noun meaning “core business” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Activité première d’une entreprise, d’une administration”.
What does cœur de métier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecore business
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Activité première d’une entreprise, d’une administration.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cœur de métier
- cœurs de métier plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cœur de métier?
- /kœʁ də me.tje/
- \kœʁ də me.tje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.