stagiaire
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French stagiaire (“trainee, intern”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stagiaire (plural stagiaires)
- (cycle racing) An amateur rider who is taken in by a professional team during the season.
- (cooking) A cook or chef who works as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
- 2023 June 23, Tejal Rao, “‘The Bear’ Finds Optimism in the Dysfunctional World of Hospitality”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Sydney, played by Ayo Edebiri, is the enterprising stagiaire who quickly turned her internship into a serious job. [image caption]
Related terms edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: sta‧gi‧ai‧re
Noun edit
stagiaire f (plural stagiaires, diminutive stagiairetje n)
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin stagiārius, from stagium + -ārius. By surface analysis, stage + -aire.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stagiaire (plural stagiaires)
- probationary
- under construction
- on probation
Noun edit
stagiaire m or f by sense (plural stagiaires)
- trainee
- intern
- pharmacist's assistant
- (cooking) stagiaire (cook or chef who works as an unpaid intern in a restaurant)
Further reading edit
- “stagiaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.