amator

See also: amatör, amatør, and amatőr

Ladino

Noun

amator m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אמאטור)

  1. amateur

Latin

Etymology

amō (I love) + -tor

Pronunciation

Noun

amātor m (genitive amātōris, feminine amātrīx); third declension

  1. A lover (male).

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amātor amātōrēs
Genitive amātōris amātōrum
Dative amātōrī amātōribus
Accusative amātōrem amātōrēs
Ablative amātōre amātōribus
Vocative amātor amātōrēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: amador
  • French: amateur (see there for further descendants)
  • Italian: amatore
  • Old French: ameor
  • Portuguese: amador
  • Romanian: amator
  • Spanish: amador

Verb

amātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of amō

References

  • amator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • amator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French amateur,[1] from Latin amātor.[2] First attested in 1728.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈma.tɔr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧tor

Noun

amator m pers (feminine amatorka)

  1. amateur, dilettante, hobbyist (someone engaged in an activity without pay)
    Synonyms: dyletant, hobbysta, laik, profan
    Antonyms: profesjonalista, weteran, hobbysta, zawodowiec
  2. amateur, hobbyist (someone engaged in an activity for their own pleasure)
    Synonyms: miłośnik, zapaleniec
  3. person interested in purchasing something

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
adverb
nouns

Collocations

References

  1. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), amator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. Krystyna Siekierska (10.01.2019), AMATOR”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine], Wydawnictwo PWN
  • amator”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022

Further reading


Romanian

Etymology

From French amateur.

Noun

amator m (plural amatori)

  1. amateur

Declension

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.