# amateur
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈæ.mə.tə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/, /ˈæ.mə.tɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
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### Noun

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

* (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally): hobbyist
* (someone unqualified): dabbler, dilettante, punk

#### Derived terms

* amateurish
* amateurism
* amateurization
* amateurize
* amateurship
* Ammie
* radio amateur
* shamateur

#### Related terms

* amateuse
* amatrice

#### Translations

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#### See also

* (someone unqualified or insufficiently qualified):
** layperson
** nonexpert
** nonspecialist
** newbie

### Adjective

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

* amateur press association
* amateur radio

#### Derived terms

* amateurly
* amateur hour
* amateur night

#### Translations
### Further reading

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French amateur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.məˈter]
* IPA: (Balearic) unknown
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.maˈter]

### Adjective

amateur m or f (masculine and feminine plural amateurs)
* amateur

### Noun

amateur m or f by sense (plural amateurs)
* amateur
    Synonym: aficionat

### Further reading

* “amateur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “amateur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “amateur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French amateur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɑ.maːˈtøːr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ama‧teur

### Noun

amateur m (plural amateurs, diminutive amateurtje n)
* amateur

#### Derived terms

* amateurisme
* amateuristisch

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: amatir
* → Papiamentu: amatùr

## French
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /a.ma.tœʁ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧ma‧teur

### Noun

amateur m (plural amateurs, feminine amatrice or amateure)
* lover of something
* amateur; hobbyist
    Coordinate term: professionnel

### Adjective

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

### Descendants

* → Catalan: amateur
* → Czech: amatér
* → Danish: amatør
* → Dutch: amateur
** → Indonesian: amatir
** → Papiamentu: amatùr
* → English: amateur
* → German: Amateur
* → Italian: amateur
* → Polish: amator
* → Romanian: amator
* → Spanish: amateur
* → Swedish: amatör
* → Turkish: amatör
* → Vietnamese: a-ma-tơ

### Further reading

* “amateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* marteau

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French amateur. Doublet of amatore.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.maˈtør/

### Noun

amateur m or f by sense
* amateur (non-professional)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French amateur. Doublet of amador.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amaˈteɾ/ [a.maˈt̪eɾ]
** Rhymes: -eɾ
* IPA: /amaˈteuɾ/ [a.maˈt̪eu̯ɾ]
** Rhymes: -euɾ
** Syllabification: a‧ma‧teur

### Adjective

amateur m or f (masculine and feminine plural amateurs)
* amateurish, amateur
    Synonyms: aficionado, chapucero, diletante, novato

### Noun

amateur m or f by sense (plural amateurs)
* amateur (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
    Synonym: profano

#### Usage notes

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 terms

* amateurismo

### Further reading

* “amateur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10