métier
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- noun
- /ˈmɛtiˌeɪ/
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- As a chef, his métier is creating innovative dishes that excite diners.
Examples
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Being a skilled negotiator is her métier, allowing her to succeed in business deals.
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Her métier is the stories that the peasants tell to account for their misery.
Fiction book (2001) -
Education is my métier; it is what I do, it is what I have been involved in practically all of my life.
Academic text (1999) -
Her métier is folktales full of witches and wizards.
Fiction book (2001) -
Even Sandmonkey, whose métier is iconoclasm, posted this spring that he felt "nothing but optimism; the future is AWESOME."
Academic text (2011) -
That's your métier.
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Travel writing was not his métier, Ralph decided, and Caroline felt that her sketches were hopelessly amateur.
Fiction book (1999) -
Artistic development happens when an individual, after mastering the skills of his métier, surmounts this basic competence with continuous self-criticism and change.
Academic text (2007) -
Her métier involves guiding young artists to develop their unique styles.
Synonyms
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A type of work or skill someone does best
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Etymology
Métier comes from French and originally meant 'trade' or 'task'. It is related to the English words minister and ministry, which come from a root meaning 'service' or 'doing a job', so a métier is the job or area where someone is especially skilled.