Meanings
nounstagiaire (plural stagiaires)
plural stagiaires
- cycle racingAn amateur rider who is taken in by a professional team during the season.
- cookingA cook or chef who works as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
Sydney, played by Ayo Edebiri, is the enterprising stagiaire who quickly turned her internship into a serious job. [image caption]
2023 June 23, Tejal Rao, “‘The Bear’ Finds Optimism in the Dysfunctional World of Hospitality”, in The New York Times
Origin
- Frenchstagiaire“trainee, intern”
- Englishstagiaire
Borrowed from French stagiaire (“trainee, intern”).
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APA
stagiaire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagiaire
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“stagiaire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagiaire. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stagiaire,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagiaire.
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