apprenti-sorcier

French

Alternative forms

  • apprenti sorcier

Etymology

Calque of German Zauberlehrling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pʁɑ̃.ti.sɔʁ.sje/

Noun

apprenti-sorcier m (plural apprentis-sorciers)

  1. (derogatory) sorcerer's apprentice (person who experiments carelessly, without paying attention to the possible consequences of their experiments and without the ability to contain them should they spiral out of control)
    jouer à l'apprenti-sorcier ― to play God

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