amateur
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātōr (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”).
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæ.mə.tə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.mə.tɚ/, /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/
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NounEdit
amateur (plural amateurs)
- (now rare) A lover of something.
- 2006, John Hailman, Thomas Jefferson on Wine, University of Mississippi 2006, p. x:
- he conducted extensive correspondence on wines with European suppliers, employing a wine vocabulary familiar to any modern amateur of wines.
- 2006, John Hailman, Thomas Jefferson on Wine, University of Mississippi 2006, p. x:
- 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.
SynonymsEdit
- (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally): hobbyist
- (someone unqualified): dabbler, dilettante, punk
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TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
- (someone unqualified or insufficiently qualified):
AdjectiveEdit
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 readingEdit
- “bungler” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “ignoramus” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
amateur (masculine and feminine plural amateurs)
NounEdit
amateur m or f (plural amateurs)
Further readingEdit
- “amateur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “amateur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “amateur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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NounEdit
amateur m (plural amateurs, diminutive amateurtje n)
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amō (“to love”). Compare Old French ameor, which was inherited from the same source but disappeared by the 15th century.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
amateur m (plural amateurs, feminine amatrice)
- amateur
- a lover of something
AdjectiveEdit
amateur (feminine amateur or amateure or amatrice, masculine plural amateurs, feminine plural amateurs or amateures or amatrices)
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “amateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from French amateur. Doublet of amatore.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
amateur m or f by sense
- amateur (non-professional)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from French amateur. Doublet of amador.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
amateur (plural amateurs)
- amateurish, amateur
- Synonyms: aficionado, chapucero, diletante, novato
NounEdit
amateur m or f (plural amateurs)
- amateur (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Usage notesEdit
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.
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “amateur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014