"dilettante" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɪlɪˈtænti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪləˈtɒnti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɪlɪˌtɑnt/ [General-American], /ˈdɪlɪˌtænt/ [General-American], /ˌdɪlɪˈtɑnt/ [General-American], /ˌdɪlɪˈtænt/ [General-American], /ˌdɪlɪˈtɑnteɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dilettante.wav [Southern-England], En-us-dilettante.ogg [US] Forms: more dilettante [comparative], most dilettante [superlative]
Etymology: From Italian dilettante, present participle of dilettare (“to delight”), from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|dilettante}} Italian dilettante, {{m|it|dilettare||to delight}} dilettare (“to delight”), {{der|en|la|dēlectāre||to delight}} Latin dēlectāre (“to delight”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} dilettante (comparative more dilettante, superlative most dilettante)
  1. Pertaining to or like a dilettante. Translations (pertaining to or like a dilettante): дилетантски (diletantski) (Bulgarian), любителски (ljubitelski) (Bulgarian), dilettantisch (Dutch), diletanta (Esperanto), harrastelijamainen (Finnish), dilettante (French), დილეტანტური (dileṭanṭuri) (Georgian), dilettantisch (German), amatorski (Polish), дилета́нтский (diletántskij) (Russian), люби́тельский (ljubítelʹskij) (Russian), непрофессиональный (neprofessionalʹnyj) (Russian), diletante (Spanish), amatörmässig [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dilettante-en-adj-gNkrKo6F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dilettant

Noun

IPA: /dɪlɪˈtænti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪləˈtɒnti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɪlɪˌtɑnt/ [General-American], /ˈdɪlɪˌtænt/ [General-American], /ˌdɪlɪˈtɑnt/ [General-American], /ˌdɪlɪˈtænt/ [General-American], /ˌdɪlɪˈtɑnteɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dilettante.wav [Southern-England], En-us-dilettante.ogg [US] Forms: dilettanti [plural], dilettantes [plural]
Etymology: From Italian dilettante, present participle of dilettare (“to delight”), from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|dilettante}} Italian dilettante, {{m|it|dilettare||to delight}} dilettare (“to delight”), {{der|en|la|dēlectāre||to delight}} Latin dēlectāre (“to delight”) Head templates: {{en-noun|dilettanti|s}} dilettante (plural dilettanti or dilettantes)
  1. An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: amateur, dabbler Translations (someone who dabbles): դիլետանտ (diletant) (Armenian), дылета́нт (dyljetánt) [masculine] (Belarusian), дылета́нтка (dyljetántka) [feminine] (Belarusian), дилета́нт (diletánt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), дилета́нтка (diletántka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 業餘愛好者 (Chinese Mandarin), 业余爱好者 (yèyú àihàozhě) (Chinese Mandarin), diletant [masculine] (Czech), diletantka [feminine] (Czech), liefhebber [masculine] (Dutch), amateur [masculine] (Dutch), diletanto (Esperanto), amatoro (Esperanto), harrastelija (Finnish), diletantti (Finnish), dilettante [feminine, masculine] (French), დილეტანტი (dileṭanṭi) (Georgian), Dilettant [masculine] (German), Dilettantin [feminine] (German), Amateur [masculine] (German), Amateurin [feminine] (German), Stümper [masculine] (German), Stümperin [feminine] (German), Laie [masculine] (German), Laiin [feminine] (German), חוֹבְבָן (h'ovevan) [masculine] (Hebrew), műkedvelő (Hungarian), amatőr (Hungarian), dilettante [feminine, masculine] (Italian), дилета́нт (diletánt) [masculine] (Macedonian), дилета́нтка (diletántka) [feminine] (Macedonian), dilettant [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), amator [masculine] (Polish), amatorka [feminine] (Polish), dyletant [masculine] (Polish), dyletantka [feminine] (Polish), diletante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), diletant [masculine] (Romanian), amator [masculine] (Romanian), дилета́нт (diletánt) [masculine] (Russian), дилета́нтка (diletántka) [feminine] (Russian), люби́тель (ljubítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), люби́тельница (ljubítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), непрофессионал (neprofessional) [masculine] (Russian), профа́н (profán) [masculine] (Russian), ча́йник (čájnik) [informal, masculine] (Russian), ла́поть (lápotʹ) [informal, masculine] (Russian), лох (lox) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), дилѐтант [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), дилѐтантица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), љу̀битељ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), љубитѐљица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dilètant [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dilètantica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ljùbitelj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ljubitèljica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), diletant [masculine] (Slovak), diletantka [feminine] (Slovak), ljubitelj [masculine] (Slovene), ljubiteljica [feminine] (Slovene), diletante [masculine] (Spanish), dilettant [common-gender] (Swedish), klåpare (Swedish), дилета́нт (dyletánt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дилета́нтка (dyletántka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dilettante-en-noun-WFpYUh4c Disambiguation of People: 0 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 63 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 77 21 Disambiguation of 'someone who dabbles': 85 15
  2. (sometimes derogatory) A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge. Tags: derogatory, sometimes Translations (person with a general but superficial interest): liefhebber [masculine] (Dutch), amateur [masculine] (Dutch), harrastelija (Finnish), diletantti (Finnish), დილეტანტი (dileṭanṭi) (Georgian), Dilettant [masculine] (German), Dilettantin [feminine] (German), Nichtfachmann [masculine] (German), dilettáns (Hungarian), dilettant [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), amator [masculine] (Polish), amatorka [feminine] (Polish), diletante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), дилета́нт (diletánt) [masculine] (Russian), дилета́нтка (diletántka) [feminine] (Russian), diletante (Spanish), dilettant [common-gender] (Swedish), amatör [common-gender] (Swedish), дилета́нт (dyletánt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дилета́нтка (dyletántka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dilettante-en-noun-UnSZE~3U Disambiguation of 'person with a general but superficial interest': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dilettant Derived forms: dilettantish, dilettanteish, dilettantism, dilettanteism Related terms: delectable, delight, dildo (english: by way of 'diletto'), amateur

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        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ljubítelʹ",
          "sense": "someone who dabbles",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ljubítelʹnica",
          "sense": "someone who dabbles",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "люби́тельница"
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          "roman": "neprofessional",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "profán",
          "sense": "someone who dabbles",
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          "word": "профа́н"
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          "roman": "čájnik",
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          "word": "ча́йник"
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          "sense": "someone who dabbles",
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      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "word": "դիլետանտ"
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      "code": "be",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "дылета́нт"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dyljetántka",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "дылета́нтка"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diletánt",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дилета́нт"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diletántka",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "дилета́нтка"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "業餘愛好者"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yèyú àihàozhě",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "word": "业余爱好者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diletant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diletantka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liefhebber"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "amateur"
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      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "word": "diletanto"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "word": "amatoro"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "word": "harrastelija"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "word": "diletantti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dilettante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dileṭanṭi",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "word": "დილეტანტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dilettant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dilettantin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Amateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Amateurin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stümper"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Laie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Laiin"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "חוֹבְבָן"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "word": "műkedvelő"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "word": "amatőr"
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      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дилета́нтка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dilettant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "amator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amatorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dyletant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dyletantka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diletante"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "diletant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "amator"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diletánt",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "дилета́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diletántka",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дилета́нтка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubítelʹ",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "люби́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubítelʹnica",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "люби́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neprofessional",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "непрофессионал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "profán",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "профа́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čájnik",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ча́йник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lápotʹ",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ла́поть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lox",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лох"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дилѐтант"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дилѐтантица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "љу̀битељ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "љубитѐљица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dilètant"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dilètantica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ljùbitelj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sk",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "sk",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ljubiteljica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diletante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dilettant"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "word": "klåpare"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "dyletánt",
      "sense": "someone who dabbles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дилета́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person with a general but superficial interest",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "liefhebber"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "amateur"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "person with a general but superficial interest",
      "word": "harrastelija"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "დილეტანტი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person with a general but superficial interest",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "amator"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person with a general but superficial interest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amatorka"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diletante"
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      "word": "дилета́нтка"
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      "word": "diletante"
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      "word": "дилета́нт"
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  ],
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}

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      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to or like a dilettante."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪlɪˈtænti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪləˈtɒnti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪlɪˌtɑnt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪlɪˌtænt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪlɪˈtɑnt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪlɪˈtænt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪlɪˈtɑnteɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dilettante.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dilettante.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dilettante.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-dilettante.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/En-us-dilettante.ogg/En-us-dilettante.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/En-us-dilettante.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dilettant"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diletantski",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "дилетантски"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ljubitelski",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "любителски"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "dilettantisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "diletanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "harrastelijamainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "dilettante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dileṭanṭuri",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "დილეტანტური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "dilettantisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "amatorski"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diletántskij",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "дилета́нтский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubítelʹskij",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "люби́тельский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neprofessionalʹnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "непрофессиональный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "word": "diletante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to or like a dilettante",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "amatörmässig"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dilettante"
  ],
  "word": "dilettante"
}

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