junior

subalterne, junior

Qui occupe un poste inférieur ou a moins de responsabilités dans une organisation.

En anglais simple : Having a lower position or less responsibility in an organization.

• He is a junior doctor.
• Junior staff receive training every month.
• She was promoted from a junior position last year.

Comment l'utiliser : junior to someone (She is junior to the department manager.)

Synonymes : lower-ranking, subordinate

Contraires : senior

Expressions courantes : junior staff, junior manager, junior officer

cadet, junior

Plus jeune qu’une autre personne, ou destiné aux jeunes.

En anglais simple : Younger than another person, or intended for younger people.

• The junior members sat together.
• The club runs classes for junior players.
• Only children under twelve can enter the junior race.

Synonymes : younger

Contraires : senior, older

Expressions courantes : junior members, junior players, junior school

de troisième année

Qui concerne la troisième année d’un cursus de quatre ans au lycée ou à l’université.

En anglais simple : Relating to the third year of a four-year high school or university course.

• She is in her junior year.
• We met during our junior year at college.
• The junior class organized a school fundraiser.

Synonymes : third-year

Expressions courantes : junior year, junior class, junior prom

junior, moins expérimenté

Moins expérimenté, ou réservé aux compétitions pour des joueurs jeunes ou moins expérimentés.

En anglais simple : Having less experience, or belonging to a competition for younger or less experienced players.

• He plays in a junior league.
• The junior senator has served for only two years.
• She won her first junior championship last summer.

Synonymes : less experienced

Contraires : senior

Expressions courantes : junior league, junior competition, junior senator

étudiant de troisième année

Élève ou étudiant en troisième année d’un cursus de quatre ans au lycée ou à l’université.

En anglais simple : A student in the third year of a four-year high school or university course.

• My brother is a junior.
• The juniors are planning a class trip.
• As a college junior, she started applying for summer jobs.

Comment l'utiliser : a junior at a school/university (She is a junior at a university in Boston.)

Synonymes : third-year student

Expressions courantes : college junior, high school junior, a junior at

cadet

Personne plus jeune qu’une autre, souvent avec une différence d’âge précisée.

En anglais simple : Someone younger than another person, often by a stated number of years.

• She is two years my junior.
• His wife is his junior by six years.
• Most members of the club are my juniors.

Comment l'utiliser : a number of years someone’s junior (Her husband is five years her junior.); someone’s junior by a number of years (He is my junior by three years.)

Contraires : senior

Expressions courantes : someone’s junior, years someone’s junior, my junior

fils, junior

Mot ajouté après le nom d’un fils qui porte le même nom que son père.

En anglais simple : A word added after a son’s name when he has the same name as his father.

• His full name is Robert Hill junior.
• Do you mean Daniel Brown junior or his father?
• Everyone calls William junior by his middle name.

Contraires : senior

Expressions courantes : John Smith junior, junior or senior