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. ==== 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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN adept in Polish dictionaries at PWN 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