dilettante

Etymology
From, present participle of , from.

Noun

 * 1) An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
 * 2)  A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.
 * 1)  A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.
 * 1)  A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.

Usage notes
This word is derived from Italian, not from French in which the -ante ending would be feminine. It is therefore correct for a person of any gender.

Related terms

 * (by way of 'diletto')
 * (by way of 'diletto')
 * (by way of 'diletto')

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: дылета́нт, дылета́нтка
 * Bulgarian:, дилета́нтка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: diletanto, amatoro
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: დილეტანტი
 * German:, , , , , , ,
 * Hebrew: חוֹבְבָן
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: дилета́нт, дилета́нтка
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:, amatorka, , dyletantka
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , , , , ,  ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: дилѐтант, дилѐтантица, љу̀битељ, љубитѐљица
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: diletant, diletantka
 * Slovene:, ljubiteljica
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, дилета́нтка


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: დილეტანტი
 * German:, , Nichtfachmann
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:, amatorka
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, дилета́нтка


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, amatörmålare,

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: дилетантски, любителски
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: diletanta
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: დილეტანტური
 * German:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) dilettante

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) amateur

Adjective

 * 1) amateur