stagiaire

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French stagiaire (“trainee, intern”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑːʒiˈɛə(ɹ)/

Noun

stagiaire (plural stagiaires)

1. (cycle racing) An amateur rider who is taken in by a professional team during the season.
2. (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

• stage

Dutch

Etymology

From stagiair +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: sta‧gi‧ai‧re

Noun

stagiaire f (plural stagiaires, diminutive stagiairetje n)

1. trainee
2. intern

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin stagiārius, from stagium + -ārius. By surface analysis, stage +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta.ʒjɛʁ/

• Audio

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Adjective

stagiaire (plural stagiaires)

1. probationary
2. under construction
3. on probation

Noun

stagiaire m or f by sense (plural stagiaires)

1. trainee
2. intern
3. pharmacist's assistant
4. (cooking) stagiaire (cook or chef who works as an unpaid intern in a restaurant)

Further reading

• “stagiaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• agiterais