"apprenti-sorcier" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \a.pʁɑ̃.ti.sɔʁ.sje\ Forms: apprentis-sorciers [plural], apprentie-sorcière [feminine]
  1. Personne qui procède de manière brouillonne et expérimentale sans prêter grande attention aux effets secondaires de ses actions.
    Sense id: fr-apprenti-sorcier-fr-noun-sL0-tgNc Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: sorcerer’s apprentice (Anglais), صبي ساحر-غشيم (Arabe), aprenent de bruixot (Catalan), šeprtlja (Croate), sorĉlernanto (Espéranto)

Inflected forms

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    "Composé de apprenti et de sorcier."
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          "text": "Ce n’est pas certes le progrès de la science qui est dangereux, mais l’utilisation que l’on en fait. Sous prétexte de liberté de la recherche, certains apprentis-sorciers peuvent mettre en danger l’homme lui-même."
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      "word": "sorcerer’s apprentice"
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      "word": "صبي ساحر-غشيم"
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      "word": "sorcerer’s apprentice"
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      "word": "aprenent de bruixot"
    },
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