amateur
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæ.mə.tə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.mə.tɚ/, /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/
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Noun edit
amateur (plural amateurs)
- (now rare) A lover of something.
- 2006, John Hailman, Thomas Jefferson on Wine, University of Mississippi, published 2006, page x:
- he conducted extensive correspondence on wines with European suppliers, employing a wine vocabulary familiar to any modern amateur of wines.
- A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
- The contest is only open to amateurs.
- Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
- The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.
Synonyms edit
- (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally): hobbyist
- (someone unqualified): dabbler, dilettante, punk
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See also edit
- (someone unqualified or insufficiently qualified):
Adjective edit
amateur (comparative more amateur, superlative most amateur)
- Non-professional.
- Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
- amateur sports
- Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
- Duct tape is a sure sign of amateur workmanship.
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Further reading edit
- “bungler” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “ignoramus” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
amateur m or f (masculine and feminine plural amateurs)
Noun edit
amateur m or f by sense (plural amateurs)
Further reading edit
- “amateur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “amateur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “amateur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amateur m (plural amateurs, diminutive amateurtje n)
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin amātōrem (“lover”), from amō (“to love”). Compare Old French ameor, which was inherited from the same source but disappeared by the 15th century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amateur m (plural amateurs, feminine amatrice)
- amateur; hobbyist
- Coordinate term: professionnel
- lover of something
Adjective edit
amateur (feminine amateur or amateure or amatrice, masculine plural amateurs, feminine plural amateurs or amateures or amatrices)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “amateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French amateur. Doublet of amatore.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amateur m or f by sense
- amateur (non-professional)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French amateur. Doublet of amador.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /amaˈteɾ/ [a.maˈt̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- IPA(key): /amaˈteuɾ/ [a.maˈt̪eu̯ɾ]
- Rhymes: -euɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ma‧teur
Adjective edit
amateur m or f (masculine and feminine plural amateurs)
- amateurish, amateur
- Synonyms: aficionado, chapucero, diletante, novato
Noun edit
amateur m or f by sense (plural amateurs)
- amateur (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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Further reading edit
- “amateur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014