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amateur

/a.ma.tœʁ/

noun, masculine/a.ma.tœʁ/plural: amateurs

lover of something; amateur; hobbyist

Learned borrowing from Latin amātōrem (“lover”), from amō (“to love”). Displaced Old French ameor, which was inherited from the same source but disappeared by the 15th century.

adjective/a.ma.tœʁ/

amateur, amateurish

Learned borrowing from Latin amātōrem (“lover”), from amō (“to love”). Displaced Old French ameor, which was inherited from the same source but disappeared by the 15th century.

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