beginner

débutant

Personne qui commence à apprendre ou à pratiquer quelque chose et manque encore d’expérience.

En anglais simple : Someone who has just started learning or doing something and has little experience.

• This class is for beginners.
• I was a complete beginner when I bought my guitar.
• Are you a beginner at chess?

Comment l'utiliser : a beginner at something (He is a beginner at tennis.)

Synonymes : novice, learner

Contraires : expert

Expressions courantes : complete beginner, beginner at something, beginner level

initiateur

Personne qui lance une activité, un mouvement ou un autre processus.

En anglais simple : Someone who starts an activity, movement, or other process.

• He was the beginner of the movement.
• They honored the beginner of that tradition.
• The letter names her as the beginner of the enterprise.

Comment l'utiliser : the beginner of something (She was the beginner of the reform movement.)

Synonymes : initiator, originator

Expressions courantes : beginner of something, first beginner