métier

[ mey-tyey, mey-tyey ]

/ ˈmeɪ tyeɪ, meɪˈtyeɪ /

a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.

a field of work or other activity in which one has special ability or training; forte.

Origin of métier

1785–95; < French; Old French mestier < Gallo-Romance *misterium, for Latin ministerium ministry

No man invents a metier without a strong element of success.

The Daltons, Volume I (of II) |Charles James Lever
Fighting seemed their metier and most of them preferred it to the monotony of working a mine.

Across the Mesa |Jarvis Hall
He was not ashamed of his metier and allowed no threats nor pleas nor argument to disturb him.

In Vanity Fair |Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
Our metier is not to compare, but to take what pleases us from each.

A Rock in the Baltic |Robert Barr

Alas, I have been amazingly lazy; it was my metier to look on.

The Grey Room |Eden Phillpotts

métier

/ (ˈmɛtɪeɪ) /

a profession or trade, esp that to which one is well suited

a person's strong point or speciality

C18: from French, ultimately from Latin ministerium service