carriere

Carrière is a word of French origin that can function as a common noun or a surname. In French, it has two principal senses: one refers to a person’s professional life, and the other to a quarry or stone pit from which materials are extracted.

As a noun, carrière meaning career denotes the course of a person’s working life or their progression within a field. The phrase faire carrière describes the act of pursuing and advancing in a chosen occupation. The other main sense, butyll defined as quarry, designates an open-pit site where stone, minerals, or aggregate are extracted. In logistics and industry, a carrière can also refer to the materials produced there.

In usage, the two senses are distinguished by context and accent. In French typography, the career sense is spelled carrière with an acute accent on the final e; the literal quarry sense uses the same spelling. In non-French contexts or in some proper nouns, the accent is often omitted, written as Carriere.

Origin and development: The sense of quarry is the older, literal meaning. The sense of career emerged later as a metaphorical extension, describing a person’s path through work and life. Both senses persist in contemporary French and appear in idioms and professional language.

Surname: Carrière is a surname of French origin. It is borne by individuals in French-speaking regions and communities, notably in France, Belgium, and Canada. The unaccented form Carriere is also encountered in international contexts. Spelling variations include Carrière and Carriere.

Notable people: Numerous individuals with the surname Carrière have contributed to culture, science, and public life across Francophone countries and communities.