trainee

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/tɹeɪˈni/[tʃɹeɪˈni]

noun

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

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orientee
OriginEnglish train ← Middle English trayne ← Old French train →
CommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

nountrainee (plural trainees)

plural trainees

  1. Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.
  2. A juvenile inmate being trained and (re)educated in a reformatory school.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
orientee
Also see
beginnermenteeorientee

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  2. Latintrahere
  3. Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
  4. Old Frenchtraïner
  5. Old Frenchtrain
  6. Middle Englishtrayne
  7. Englishtrain
  8. Englishtrainee

From train + -ee.

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Translations

Arabic مُتَدَرِّب, مُتَدَرِّبَة
  • مُتَدَرِّب (mutadarrib)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • مُتَدَرِّبَة (mutadarriba)someone being formally trained in a workplace
Bulgarian стажа́нт, стажа́нтка
  • стажа́нт (stažánt)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • стажа́нтка (stažántka)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • практика́нт (praktikánt)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • практика́нтка (praktikántka)someone being formally trained in a workplace
Chinese Mandarin 實習生 /实习生, 見習員 /见习员
  • 實習生 /实习生 (shíxíshēng)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • 見習員 /见习员 (jiànxíyuán)someone being formally trained in a workplace
Czech praktikant, praktikantka
  • praktikantsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • praktikantkasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • stážistasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • stážistkasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Danish praktikant
  • praktikantsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Dutch stagiair, stagiaire
  • stagiairsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • stagiairesomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Finnish harjoittelija
  • harjoittelijasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
French stagiaire
  • stagiairesomeone being formally trained in a workplace
German Praktikant, Praktikantin
  • Praktikantsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Praktikantinsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Traineesomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • Azubisomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Hungarian gyakornok
  • gyakornoksomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Italian tirocinante, stagista
  • tirocinantesomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • stagistasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Japanese 研修生, 実習生
  • 研修生 (kenshūsei)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • 実習生 (jisshūsei)someone being formally trained in a workplace
Korean 연수생, 실습생
  • 연수생 (yeonsusaeng)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • 실습생 (silseupsaeng)someone being formally trained in a workplace
Norwegian Bokmål lærling, praktikant
  • lærlingsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • praktikantsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Persian کارآموز
  • کارآموز (kâr-âmuz)someone being formally trained in a workplace
Polish stażysta, stażystka
  • stażystasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • stażystkasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • praktykantsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • praktykantkasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Portuguese estagiário, estagiária
  • estagiáriosomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • estagiáriasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • aprendizsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • praticantesomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Russian стажёр, стажёрка
  • стажёр (stažór)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • стажёрка (stažórka)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • практика́нт (praktikánt)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • практика́нтка (praktikántka)someone being formally trained in a workplace
Slovak praktikant, praktikantka
  • praktikantsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • praktikantkasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • stážistasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • stážistkasomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Spanish practicante, educando
  • practicantesomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • educandosomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • discentesomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • practicadorsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • entrenandosomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • mancebosomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Swedish praktikant
  • praktikantsomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Thai ผู้ฝึกงาน
  • ผู้ฝึกงาน (pûu-fʉ̀k-ngaan)someone being formally trained in a workplace
Turkish kursiyer, stajyer
  • kursiyersomeone being formally trained in a workplace
  • stajyersomeone being formally trained in a workplace
Ukrainian стаже́р, стаже́рка
  • стаже́р (stažér)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • стаже́рка (stažérka)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • стажи́ст (stažýst)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • стажи́стка (stažýstka)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • практика́нт (praktykánt)someone being formally trained in a workplace
  • практика́нтка (praktykántka)someone being formally trained in a workplace

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with trainee

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Anagrams

Aintreearenite
Cite this entry
APA

trainee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainee

MLA

“trainee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainee. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trainee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainee.

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