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trainee

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /tɹeɪˈni/
  • [tʃɹeɪˈni]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iː
  • CMU ARPABET: T R EY1 N IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A juvenile inmate being trained and (re)educated in a reformatory school.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who is being trained

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate

Narrower terms: cadet, plebe

History

Etymology

From train + -ee.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَدَرِّب (mutadarrib) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Arabic: مُتَدَرِّبَة (mutadarriba) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Armenian: պրակտիկանտ (praktikant) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Belarusian: стажо́р (stažór) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Belarusian: стажо́рка (stažórka) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Belarusian: практыка́нт (praktykánt) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Belarusian: практыка́нтка (praktykántka) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Bulgarian: стажа́нт (stažánt) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Bulgarian: стажа́нтка (stažántka) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Bulgarian: практика́нт (praktikánt) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Bulgarian: практика́нтка (praktikántka) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Chinese Mandarin: 實習生 /实习生 (shíxíshēng) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Chinese Mandarin: 見習員 /见习员 (jiànxíyuán) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Czech: praktikant — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Czech: praktikantka — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Czech: stážista — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Czech: stážistka — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Danish: praktikant — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Dutch: stagiair — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Dutch: stagiaire — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Finnish: harjoittelija — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • French: stagiaire — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Georgian: სტაჟიორი (sṭažiori) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Georgian: პრაქტიკანტი (ṗrakṭiḳanṭi) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • German: Praktikant — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • German: Praktikantin — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • German: Trainee — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • German: Azubi — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Hungarian: gyakornok — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Italian: tirocinante — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Italian: stagista — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Japanese: 研修生 (kenshūsei) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Japanese: 実習生 (jisshūsei) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Korean: 연수생 (yeonsusaeng) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Korean: 실습생 (silseupsaeng) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Northern Kurdish: stajyer — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Macedonian: стажа́нт (stažánt) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Macedonian: стажа́нтка (stažántka) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Macedonian: практика́нт (praktikánt) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Macedonian: практика́нтка (praktikántka) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lærling — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Norwegian Bokmål: praktikant — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lærling — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Persian: کارآموز (kâr-âmuz) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Polish: stażysta — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Polish: stażystka — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Polish: praktykant — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Polish: praktykantka — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Portuguese: estagiário — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Portuguese: estagiária — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Portuguese: aprendiz — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Portuguese: praticante — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Russian: стажёр (stažór) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Russian: стажёрка (stažórka) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Russian: практика́нт (praktikánt) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Russian: практика́нтка (praktikántka) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Slovak: praktikant — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Slovak: praktikantka — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Slovak: stážista — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Slovak: stážistka — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Spanish: practicante — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Spanish: educando — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Spanish: discente — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Spanish: practicador — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Spanish: entrenando — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Spanish: mancebo — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Swedish: praktikant — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Tajik: коромӯз (koromüz) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Tajik: таълимгиранда (ta'limgiranda) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Thai: ผู้ฝึกงาน (pûu-fʉ̀k-ngaan) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Turkish: kursiyer — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Turkish: stajyer — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Ukrainian: стаже́р (stažér) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Ukrainian: стаже́рка (stažérka) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Ukrainian: стажи́ст (stažýst) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Ukrainian: стажи́стка (stažýstka) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Ukrainian: практика́нт (praktykánt) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Ukrainian: практика́нтка (praktykántka) — someone being formally trained in a workplace
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