amateur

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• UK: /ˈæ.mə.tə/
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• US: /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/
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• US: /ˈæ.mə.tɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 M AH0 T ER2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”).

205 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: սիրողական (siroġakan) — created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional
• Chinese Mandarin: 業餘 /业余 (yèyú) — created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional
• Finnish: amatööri- — created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional
• Finnish: harrastaja- — created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional
• Māori: runaruna — created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional
• Polish: amatorski — created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional
• Portuguese: amador — created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional
• Thai: สมัครเล่น (sà-màk-lên) — created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional
• Chinese Mandarin: 不專業 /不专业 (bùzhuānyè) — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Finnish: aloittelijamainen — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Finnish: harrastelijamainen — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Georgian: სამოყვარულო (samoq̇varulo) — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• German: amateurhaft — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Greek: ερασιτεχνικός (erasitechnikós) — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Greek: κομπογιαννίτικος (kompogiannítikos) — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Greek: αντιεπαγγελματικός (antiepangelmatikós) — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Hebrew: חובבני (khovevaní) — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Hungarian: amatőr — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Irish: amaitéarach — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Persian: آماتور (âmâtor) — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Polish: amatorski — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Portuguese: amador — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Portuguese: principiante — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Russian: дилета́нтский (diletántskij) — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Turkish: acemi — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Turkish: çaylak — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Turkish: amatör — showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent
• Albanian: amator — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Arabic: هَاوٍ (hāwin) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Arabic: هَاوِيَة (hāwiya) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Armenian: սիրողական (siroġakan) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Azerbaijani: həvəskar — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Bashkir: һәүәҫкәр (həwəśkər) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Belarusian: ама́тар (amátar) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Belarusian: ама́тарка (amátarka) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Belarusian: любі́цель (ljubícjelʹ) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Belarusian: любі́целька (ljubícjelʹka) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Belarusian: любі́цельніца (ljubícjelʹnica) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Belarusian: ахво́тнік (axvótnik) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Belarusian: ахво́тніца (axvótnica) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Bengali: অপেশাদার (opeśadar) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Bulgarian: аматьо́р (amatjór) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Bulgarian: аматьо́рка (amatjórka) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Bulgarian: люби́тел (ljubítel) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Bulgarian: люби́телка (ljubítelka) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Burmese: အပျော်တမ်း (a.pyautam:) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Catalan: aficionat — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Catalan: aficionada — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Cherokee: ᎠᎴᏂᏍᎩ (alenisgi) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛好者 /爱好者 (àihàozhě) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Chinese Mandarin: 業餘者 /业余者 (yèyúzhě) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Czech: amatér — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Czech: amatérka — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Danish: amatør — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Dutch: amateur — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Esperanto: amatoro — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Estonian: amatöör — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Estonian: asjaarmastaja — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Finnish: harrastaja — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Finnish: amatööri — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• French: amateur — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• French: amatrice — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Georgian: მოყვარული (moq̇varuli) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• German: Amateur — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• German: Amateurin — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• German: Laie — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• German: Laiin — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• German: Liebhaber — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Greek: ερασιτέχνης (erasitéchnis) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Hebrew: חוֹבְבָן (khoveván) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Hindi: शौक़िया (śauqiyā) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Hindi: शौकिया (śaukiyā) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Hindi: अव्यवसायी (avyavsāyī) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Hungarian: amatőr — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Hungarian: műkedvelő — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Icelandic: áhugamaður — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Icelandic: amatör — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Indonesian: amatir — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Irish: amaitéarach — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Italian: dilettante — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Italian: appassionato — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Italian: amateur — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Italian: amatore — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Italian: hobbista — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Japanese: アマチュア (amachua) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Japanese: アマ (ama) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Kazakh: әуесқой (äuesqoi) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Khmer: អ្នកចូលចិត្ត (nĕək coul cət) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Korean: 아마추어 (amachueo) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Korean: 비직업 (bijigeop) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Northern Kurdish: amator — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Kyrgyz: өзөнчү (özöncü) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Ladino: aferrado — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Ladino: amator (Monastir) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Latvian: amatieris — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Lithuanian: mėgėjas — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Macedonian: амате́р (amatér) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Macedonian: амате́рка (amatérka) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Macedonian: ла́ик (láik) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Macedonian: љу́бител (ljúbitel) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Macedonian: љуби́телка (ljubítelka) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Malay: amatur — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Māori: runaruna — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Māori: ringarapa — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Mongolian: сонирхогч (sonirxogč) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Norwegian Bokmål: amatør — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Norwegian Nynorsk: amatør — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Pashto: شوقي (šawqí) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Iranian Persian: آماتور (âmâtor) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Iranian Persian: هَوَسْکار (havaskâr) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Iranian Persian: غِیرْحِرْفِهای (ġeyrherfe-i) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Polish: amator — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Polish: amatorka — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Portuguese: amador — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Portuguese: amadora — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Romanian: amator — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Romanian: amatoare — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Russian: люби́тель (ljubítelʹ) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Russian: люби́тельница (ljubítelʹnica) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: ама̀те̄р — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: ама̀те̄рка — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: љу̀битељ — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: љубитѐљица — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: amàtēr — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: amàtērka — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: ljùbitelj — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Serbo-Croatian: ljubitèljica — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Slovak: amatér — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Slovak: amatérka — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Slovene: amater — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Slovene: amaterka — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Slovene: ljubitelj — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Slovene: ljubiteljica — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Spanish: amateur — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Swedish: amatör — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Tajik: ҳаваскор (havaskor) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Tajik: ҳаводор (havodor) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Tatar: һәвәскәр (häwäskär) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Thai: มือสมัครเล่น (mʉʉ-sà-màk-lên) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Turkish: amatör — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Turkish: özenci — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Turkish: özengen — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Turkmen: höwesjeň — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Ukrainian: ама́тор (amátor) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Ukrainian: ама́торка (amátorka) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Ukrainian: люби́тель (ljubýtelʹ) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Ukrainian: люби́телька (ljubýtelʹka) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Urdu: شَوقِیَہ (śauqiya) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Uyghur: ھەۋەسكار (heweskar) — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Uzbek: havaskor — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Vietnamese: tài tử — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Vietnamese: nghiệp dư — person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
• Catalan: novençà — someone unqualified
• Catalan: aprenent — someone unqualified
• Catalan: novell — someone unqualified
• Catalan: inadaptat — someone unqualified
• Catalan: inexpert — someone unqualified
• Czech: amatér — someone unqualified
• Czech: amatérka — someone unqualified
• Danish: amatør — someone unqualified
• Dutch: amateur — someone unqualified
• Finnish: harrastelija — someone unqualified
• Finnish: amatööri — someone unqualified
• French: amateur — someone unqualified
• French: amateuse — someone unqualified
• Georgian: დილეტანტი (dileṭanṭi) — someone unqualified
• Georgian: არაპროფესიონალი (araṗropesionali) — someone unqualified
• German: Amateur — someone unqualified
• German: Amateurin — someone unqualified
• German: Dilettant — someone unqualified
• German: Stümper — someone unqualified
• Greek: ερασιτέχνης (erasitéchnis) — someone unqualified
• Hebrew: חוֹבְבָן (khoveván) — someone unqualified
• Hindi: अनुभवहीन व्यवसायी (anubhavhīn vyavsāyī) — someone unqualified
• Hungarian: amatőr — someone unqualified
• Hungarian: dilettáns — someone unqualified
• Indonesian: amatir — someone unqualified
• Irish: amaitéarach — someone unqualified
• Italian: principiante — someone unqualified
• Italian: novellino — someone unqualified
• Italian: inesperto — someone unqualified
• Japanese: しろうと (shirōto) — someone unqualified
• Macedonian: амате́р (amatér) — someone unqualified
• Macedonian: амате́рка (amatérka) — someone unqualified
• Māori: runaruna — someone unqualified
• Māori: ringarapa — someone unqualified
• Polish: amator — someone unqualified
• Polish: amatorka — someone unqualified
• Portuguese: amador — someone unqualified
• Romanian: amator — someone unqualified
• Romanian: amatoare — someone unqualified
• Russian: дилета́нт (diletánt) — someone unqualified
• Russian: дилета́нтка (diletántka) — someone unqualified
• Serbo-Croatian: ама̀те̄р — someone unqualified
• Serbo-Croatian: ама̀те̄рка — someone unqualified
• Serbo-Croatian: amàtēr — someone unqualified
• Serbo-Croatian: amàtērka — someone unqualified
• Spanish: principiante — someone unqualified
• Spanish: aprendiz — someone unqualified
• Spanish: novato — someone unqualified
• Spanish: inadaptado — someone unqualified
• Spanish: inexperto — someone unqualified
• Spanish: primerizo — someone unqualified
• Swedish: amatör — someone unqualified
• Thai: มือสมัครเล่น (mʉʉ-sà-màk-lên) — someone unqualified