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tirocinium

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Schooling, apprenticeship; novitiate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Latin tirocinium (“first military campaign; raw recruit; inexperience; first attempt”), from tīro (“beginner, recruit, novice”) + -cinor (“forming verbs: to be a ...”) + -ium (“forming nouns: the state of ...”), used in the title of William Cowper's 1784 poem on schools Tirocinium, or A Review of Schools. Doublet of tyrociny.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: praktyki — schooling, apprenticeship
  • Polish: staż — schooling, apprenticeship
  • Portuguese: tirocínio — schooling, apprenticeship
  • Russian: обуче́ние (obučénije) — schooling, apprenticeship
  • Russian: учени́чество (učeníčestvo) — schooling, apprenticeship