amateur

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.mə.tə/, /ˈæ.mə.tjə/, /ˈæ.mə.tjʊə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.mə.tɚ/, /ˈæ.mə.tʃɚ/, /ˈæ.mə.tʃʊɚ/

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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.

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

• hobbyist

(someone unqualified):

• dilettante, dabbler, punk

• radio amateur

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.

• amateurly
• amateur hour
• amateur night

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

Borrowed from French amateur.

amateur (masculine and feminine plural amateurs)

1. amateur

amateur m or f (plural amateurs)

1. amateur

   Synonym: aficionat

• “amateur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amateur” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “amateur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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.

• IPA^(key): /a.ma.tœʁ/

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amateur m (plural amateurs, feminine amatrice)

1. amateur
2. a lover of something

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

1. amateur

• → Catalan: amateur
• → English: amateur
• → Italian: amateur
• → Spanish: amateur

• “amateur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• marteau

From French amateur.

amateur m (invariable)

1. amateur (non-professional)

Borrowed from French amateur.

amateur (plural amateures)

1. amateurish, amateur

amateur m or f (plural amateures)

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

• aficionado
• chapucero
• diletante
• novato

• amateurismo

• “amateur” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.