Apprenez (en. Learn)
/apʁəne/
Meaning & Definition
EnglishFrench
verb
Acquiring knowledge or skills through study or experience.
You learn a new language every day.
Vous apprenez une nouvelle langue chaque jour.
Receiving instruction in a discipline.
Students learn mathematics at school.
Les élèves apprennent les mathématiques à l'école.
Being informed of a news.
I learned yesterday that the concert was canceled.
J'ai appris hier que le concert était annulé.
Etymology
From the Latin verb 'apprehendere', which means to seize.
Common Phrases and Expressions
Learn by heart
Memorizing something completely.
Apprenez par cœur
Learn at your own expense
Understanding or realizing something after paying the price of experience.
Apprenez à vos dépens
Learn good manners
Teaching appropriate behaviors in a social context.
Apprenez les bonnes manières
Related Words
to learn
Acquiring knowledge or skills.
apprendre
study
The action of learning or examining a subject.
étude
student
A person who receives instruction.
élève
Slang Meanings
To understand quickly.
He learned the trick in no time.
Il a appris le truc en deux temps trois mouvements.
To get a concept.
He grasped the concept of programming in no time.
Il a chopé le concept de la programmation en un rien de temps.