novice

débutant, novice

Personne qui commence une activité et a encore peu d’expérience.

En anglais simple : A person who has just started an activity and has little experience.

• I am a novice at chess.
• The course welcomes complete novices.
• Even a novice can follow these instructions.

Comment l'utiliser : novice at something (She is a novice at gardening.); novice in something (He is a novice in computer programming.)

Synonymes : beginner, newcomer

Contraires : expert

Expressions courantes : complete novice, novice at something, total novice, novice in something

débutant, inexpérimenté

Qui a peu d’expérience parce qu’il vient de commencer une activité.

En anglais simple : Having little experience because you have only recently started an activity.

• Novice drivers need plenty of practice.
• The trail is suitable for novice riders.
• She offered advice to novice teachers.

Synonymes : inexperienced, beginning

Contraires : experienced, expert

Expressions courantes : novice driver, novice teacher