amateur
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
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, 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.
- Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
- The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.
- French: amateur, amatrice
- German: Amateur, Amateurin
- Italian: dilettante, appassionato, amateur, amatore, hobbista
- Portuguese: amador
- Russian: люби́тель
- Spanish: amateur, aficionado, diletante
- French: amateur, amateuse
- German: Amateur, Amateurin
- Italian: principiante, novellino, inesperto
- Portuguese: amador
- Russian: дилета́нт
- Spanish: inadaptado
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.
- German: amateurhaft
- Portuguese: amador, principiante
- Russian: дилета́нтский
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