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.
Derived terms
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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
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[edit]Noun
[edit]amateur m (plural amateurs, diminutive amateurtje n)
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[edit]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)
- lover of something
- amateur; hobbyist
- Coordinate term: professionnel
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)
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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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “amateur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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