amateur

See also: Amateur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātōr (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈa.mə.tə/, /ˈa.mə.tjə/, /ˈa.mət.jʊə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.mə.tɚ/, /ˈæ.mə.tʃɚ/, /ˈæ.mət.ʃʊɚ/
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Noun

amateur (plural amateurs)

  1. (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.
  2. A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
    The contest is only open to amateurs.
  3. Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
    The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.

Synonyms

(person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally):

(someone unqualified):

Derived terms

Translations

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Adjective

amateur (comparative more amateur, superlative most amateur)

  1. Non-professional.
  2. Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
    amateur sports
  3. Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
    Duct tape is a sure sign of amateur workmanship.

Translations

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “bungler” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “ignoramus” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

Catalan

Adjective

amateur (masculine and feminine plural amateurs)

  1. amateur

Noun

amateur m, f (plural amateurs)

  1. amateur

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ma.tœʁ/
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Noun

amateur m (plural amateurs, feminine amatrice)

  1. amateur
  2. a lover of something

Adjective

amateur (feminine singular amateur or amateure or amatrice, masculine plural amateurs, feminine plural amateurs or amateures or amatrices)

  1. amateur

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From French amateur.

Noun

amateur m (invariable)

  1. amateur (non-professional)

Spanish

Adjective

amateur (plural amateurs)

  1. amateurish, amateur

Noun

amateur m, f (plural amateures)

  1. amateur (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)

Synonyms

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