adept

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, US, adjective) IPA(key): /əˈdɛpt/, /ˈæd.ɛpt/ (Received Pronunciation, US, noun) IPA(key): /ˈæd.ɛpt/, /ædˈɛpt/ Rhymes: -ɛpt Hyphenation: a‧dept === Adjective === adept (comparative more adept or adepter, superlative most adept or adeptest) Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:skillful ==== Antonyms ==== inept ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === adept (plural adepts) One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient 1894-95, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure: Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:adept. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:skilled person ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === === References === “adept”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === taped, pated, PTAed == Kashubian == === Alternative forms === adepta === Etymology === Borrowed from Polish adept. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.dɛpt/ Rhymes: -adɛpt Syllabification: a‧dept === Noun === adept m pers (female equivalent adeptka) apprentice, trainee; novice (person training in a given field or new in a given field) Synonyms: pòczãtnik, debiutant, (archaic) swiéżi follower, supporter (supporter of a doctrine or philosophical school) Synonym: przëstojnik === Further reading === Jan Trepczyk (1994), “adept”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2 Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “adept”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1] “adept”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑˈdɛpt/ Rhymes: -ɛpt === Noun === adept m (definite singular adepten, indefinite plural adepter, definite plural adeptene) an adept (person) === References === “adept” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “adept” in The Ordnett Dictionary == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”). The adjective is of the same origin, though likely through English adept. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑˈdɛpt/ === Noun === adept m (definite singular adepten, indefinite plural adeptar, definite plural adeptane) an adept, skillful person an inductee to an order, a secret society or a science (historical) an alchemist a very knowledgeable person (by extension, derogatory) a know-it-all, a self-declared expert a student of a craft === Adjective === adept (indefinite singular adept, definite singular and plural adepte) adept (very skilled) === References === “adept” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin adeptus. Noun sense 1 and noun sense 2 are semantic loans from German Adept and French adepte. First attested in the 18th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.dɛpt/ Rhymes: -adɛpt Syllabification: a‧dept === Noun === adept m pers (female equivalent adeptka) apprentice, trainee; novice (person training in a given field or new in a given field) Synonyms: debiutant, początkujący adept (person with secret information) (obsolete) alchemist Synonym: alchemik ==== Declension ==== ==== Collocations ==== === References === === Further reading === “adept”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “adept”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “adept”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “adept”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 7 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French adepte. === Noun === adept m (plural adepți, feminine equivalent adeptă) follower disciple ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French adepte. === Noun === adept c a pupil, a student, an apprentice, a disciple ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== lärjunge === Anagrams === petad