métier
French, noun/me.tje/
métier is spelled M-É-T-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written French, the 1,809th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Métier is a French masculine noun meaning “job, profession, trade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Activité impliquant l’acquisition d’un savoir-faire particulier”.
What does métier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejob, profession, trade
- 2
masculineskill, craft
- 3
masculinemachine, device, loom
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Activité impliquant l’acquisition d’un savoir-faire particulier. 2. Domaine d’activité d’une entreprise. 3. S’emploie quelquefois par opposition au mot art. 4. Habileté technique, expérience d’un art.
adjective: 1. Qui concerne le domaine d’activité de l’entreprise cliente.
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 métier
- métiers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce métier?
- /me.tje/
- \me.tje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to métier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is métier in French?
métier appears 46 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).