dilettante

(dĭl'ĭ-tänt', dĭl'ĭ-tänt', -tän'tē, -tănt', -tăn'tē)
n., pl., -tantes, also -tan·ti (-tän'tē, -tăn'-).

1. A dabbler in an art or a field of knowledge. See synonyms at amateur.
2. A lover of the fine arts; a connoisseur.

adj.
Superficial; amateurish.

[Italian, lover of the arts, from present participle of dilettare, to delight, from Latin dēlectāre. See delight.]

dilettantish dil'et·tan'tish adj.
dilettantism dil'et·tan'tism n.

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meaning 'someone with superficial or affected knowledge of a subject', is spelt with one l and two ts, and has plural forms dilettanti or dilettantes.

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noun

One lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit: amateur, dabbler, nonprofessional, smatterer, uninitiate. See ability/inability.

adjective

Lacking the required professional skill: amateurish, dilettantish, nonprofessional, unprofessional, unskilled, unskillful. See ability/inability.

adj

Definition: amateurish
Antonyms: professional

n

Definition: amateur
Antonyms: professional

(dil-uh-tahnt, dil-uh-tahnt)

Someone who is interested in the fine arts as a spectator, not as a serious practitioner. Dilettante is most often used to mean a dabbler, someone with a broad but shallow attachment to any field.

IN BRIEF: A superficial amateur.

Although she is only a dilettante in the field of art, she has a genius for mathematics.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - amatør, fusker
adj. - amatøragtig, uprofessionel, overfladisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
dilettant(e), kunstliefhebber, niet grondig

Français (French)
n. - dilettante
adj. - de/en dilettante

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dilettant, Laie, Stümper
adj. - dilettantisch, laienhaft, stümperhaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ερασιτέχνης, ντιλετάντης
adj. - ερασιτεχνικός, ντιλετάντικος

Italiano (Italian)
dilettante, dilettantesco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - diletante (m)
adj. - diletante

Русский (Russian)
дилетант, дилетантский

Español (Spanish)
n. - diletante, aficionado
adj. - diletante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dilettant
adj. - dilettantmässig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
业余爱好者, 浅薄的, 业余的, 爱好艺术的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 業餘愛好者
adj. - 淺薄的, 業餘的, 愛好藝術的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 예술 애호가, 아마추어 비평가
adj. - 아마추어의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 芸術愛好家
adj. - 芸術好きの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الهاوي, الهاوي لفن ما (صفه) ذو علاقه بالهواة أو مميز بهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חובבן, דילטנט, אדם שטחי, חובב אמנויות‬
adj. - ‮שטחי, חובבני‬

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