apprentice

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US /əˈpɹɛntɪs/ See IPA manual

Freq #9664

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1

noun
A young person learning a skilled trade by working with an expert.

He started as an apprentice to a carpenter at sixteen.
2

verb
To work as an apprentice in order to learn a trade.

She apprenticed with a master chef for three years.

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1 noun · a young person learning a... learner trainee

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Forms apprenticedapprenticesapprenticingprentice

Derived forms apprenticehoodapprenticelikeapprenticeship

Related forms journeyman mastermastermantrainee

From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō. Compare typologically Latin discipulus (akin to capiō); Russian схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and for another aspect быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ).

apprentice Middle English aprentis Old French aprendre Old French apprendō la-lat apprehendō Latin

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# apprentice

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈpɹɛntɪs/
**Frequency rank:** 9664

## Meanings
1. A young person learning a skilled trade by working with an expert.
2. To work as an apprentice in order to learn a trade.

## Examples
- He started as an apprentice to a carpenter at sixteen.
- She apprenticed with a master chef for three years.

## Derived Forms
- apprenticehood
- apprenticelike
- apprenticeship

## Related Forms
- journeyman
- master
- masterman
- trainee

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: apprentice
- Root: aprentis
- Root: aprendre
- Root: apprendō
- Root: apprehendō

## Etymology
From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō. Compare typologically Latin discipulus (akin to capiō); Russian схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and for another aspect быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ).

## AI Etymology
Apprentice is from Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō. Compare typologically Latin discipulus (akin to capiō); Russian схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and for another aspect быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ). In present-day use, it can mean a young person learning a skilled trade by working with an expert, or to work as an apprentice in order to learn a trade. Derived formations include apprenticehood, apprenticelike, and apprenticeship.

## Topics
- People & Society

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