The meaning of Dilettante

Dilettante – definition

noun
A person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
Usage examples:
A wealthy literary dilettante
Synonims:
Dabbler Potterer Tinkerer Trifler Dallier Amateur Non-professional Non-specialist Layman Layperson

noun
A person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but who is not involved with it in a serious and determined way
Usage examples:
To serious artists, he was merely a dilettante.

Dilettante translation into English

Dilettante: translate from English into Chinese

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Dilettante: translate from English into Dutch

Dilettant, Amateur, Dilettantisch, Knutselaar

Dilettante: translate from English into French

Dilettante

Dilettante: translate from English into German

Dilettant, Amateur

Dilettante: translate from English into Hindi

अनुरागी, प्रेमी, अमेचुअर, अमेचर, शौक़ीन, कला-प्रेमी, अध्‍यवसायी कलाकार, मस्‍तमौजा या किसी विषय पर ध्‍यान केंद्रित न करके उसके साथ खिवाड़ करनेवाला मनुष्‍य, किसी बात को गंभीरता से ग्रहण न करने वाला, अपूर्ण (ज्ञाता)

Dilettante: translate from English into Italian

Dilettante

Dilettante: translate from English into Korean

딜레탕테, 도락의, 문학의 애호가, 예술의 애호가

Dilettante: translate from English into Russian

Дилетант, Любитель, Дилетантский, Любительский

Dilettante: translate from English into Spanish

Diletante, Nuevo

Word origin

mid 18th century: from Italian, ‘person loving the arts’, from dilettare ‘to delight’, from Latin delectare .

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Dilettante – similar words

dilettantes

noun
A person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
Usage examples:
A wealthy literary dilettante

noun
A person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but who is not involved with it in a serious and determined way
Usage examples:
To serious artists, he was merely a dilettante.

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Dilettante synonims

amateur

noun
A person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid rather than a professional basis.
Usage examples:
It takes five years for a top amateur to become a real tour de france rider

adjective
Engaging or engaged in without payment; non-professional.
Usage examples:
Amateur athletics

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dabbler

noun
Someone who takes a slight and not very serious interest in a subject, or tries a particular activity for a short period
Usage examples:
They are dabblers in african music rather than experts., i'm not a real painter - just a dabbler.

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layman

noun
A non-ordained male member of a church.
Usage examples:
He was an active catholic layman

noun
A person who is not trained in or does not have a detailed knowledge of a particular subject
Usage examples:
The book is supposed to be the layman’s guide to home repair.

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layperson

noun
A non-ordained member of a church.
Usage examples:
Theologians and laypeople alike have debated the meaning behind the rich allegory and symbolism

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non-professional

adjective
Used to describe someone who does something not as their job but because they are interested in it
Usage examples:
There are certain indicators that signal an upturn that may not be obvious to non-professional inve…

All meanings and translations of Non-professional

non-specialist

noun
Someone who does not have a lot of experience, knowledge, or skill in a particular subject
Usage examples:
I have tried to make this talk easy for the nonspecialist to follow., this book is not really suita…

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