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1 métier
métier [metje]1. masculine nouna. ( = travail) job ; (terme administratif) occupation ; (commercial) trade ; (artisanal) craft ; (intellectuel) professionb. ( = technique) skill ; ( = expérience) experience2. compounds* * *metjenom masculin1) ( activité rémunérée) job; ( intellectuel) profession; ( manuel) trade; ( artisanal) craftapprendre un métier — ( manuel) to learn a trade
les gens du métier — ( manuels) people in the trade; ( intellectuels) the professionals
ne t'inquiète pas, elle est du métier — don't worry, she knows what she's doing
2) ( rôle) jobfaire son métier de reine/mère — to do one's job as queen/a mother
3) ( expérience)4) ( objet) loom••faire le plus vieux métier du monde — euph to practise [BrE] the oldest profession
* * *metje nm1) (= profession) job, tradeQuel métier est-ce que tu aimerais faire plus tard? — What job would you like to do when you're older?
un métier manuel — a manual trade, manual work
2) (= technique, expérience) skill, techniqueavoir du métier — to have skill, to have technique
3) (métier à tisser) loom* * *1 ( activité rémunérée) job; ( intellectuel) profession; ( manuel) trade; ( artisanal) craft; c'est mon métier (de faire ça)! it's my job!; il a fait tous les métiers he's tried his hand at everything, he's done all kinds of jobs; choisir un métier to decide on a job ou trade ou profession; apprendre un métier ( manuel) to learn a trade; ils sortent de l'école sans métier they come out of college without any practical skills; entrer dans le métier ( manuel) to enter the trade; bien connaître son métier to be good at one's job, to know one's stuff○; il est cuisinier/coiffeur de son métier he's a cook/hairdresser by trade; il est chirurgien/juriste/potier de son métier he is a surgeon/lawyer/potter by profession; un maçon de métier a professional mason; terme de métier specialized term; les gens du métier the professionals, people in the business; pour faire une bonne traduction, il faut être du métier it takes a professional translator to do a good translation; ne t'inquiète pas, elle est du métier don't worry, she knows what she's doing; le métier des armes the army; choisir le métier des armes to decide on a military career;2 ( rôle) job; faire son métier de reine/mère to do one's job as queen/a mother;3 ( expérience) avoir du métier to be experienced; manquer de métier to lack experience; avoir 20 ans de métier to have 20 years' experience; c'est le métier qui rentre! you learn by your mistakes!; le métier rentre? are you getting the hang of it?;faire le plus vieux métier du monde euph to practiseGB the oldest profession.[metje] nom masculin1. [profession] trademon métier my job ou occupation ou tradefaire ou exercer le métier de chimiste to work as a chemistla soudure ne tiendra pas, et je connais mon métier! the welding won't hold, and I know what I'm talking about ou what I'm doing!il n'y a pas de sot métier(, il n'y a que de sottes gens) there's no such thing as a worthless trade3. [machine]métier à filer/tricoter spinning/knitting machinemétier à tapisserie tapestry frame ou loom————————de métier locution adjectivale[homme, femme, armée] professional[argot] technical[technique] of the trade————————de métier locution adverbialeavoir 15 ans de métier to have been in the job ou business for 15 years————————de son métier locution adverbialeêtre boulanger/journaliste de son métier to be a baker/journalist by trade————————du métier locution adjectivaleles gens du métier people of the trade ou in the businessdemande à quelqu'un du métier ask a professional ou an expert
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