metiermet‧i‧er /ˈmetieɪ,ˈmeɪ- $ meˈtjeɪ,ˈmetjeɪ/ noun [countable usually singular]Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmetier
Origin:
1700-1800Frenchmétier, from Vulgar Latinmisterium, from Latinministerium ‘work, ministry’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Modern music is not his metier.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Many of my guests have followed similarly tortuous paths before finding their true metier.
formal someone’s metier is the type of work or activity that they enjoy doing because they have a natural ability to do it well: Acting is not my metier.