HOW TO PRONOUNCE
amateur
/ˈæməˌtɝ/
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Stress the first syllable: AM.
The ending can use t or the ch sound in chair. Both versions have a light middle vowel.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“An amateur photographer took the picture.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does amateur mean?
noun
- A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
- Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
adjective
- Non-professional.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
- Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
noun
- (archaic) A lover of something.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæməˌtɝ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ//ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ//ˈæ.mə.tɚ/
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Leaning back in the cab, this amateur bloodhound carolled away like a lark while I meditated upon the many-sidedness of the human mind.
“Well, he’s an amateur,” said Felix’s uncle, with folded hands, and with a certain satisfaction in being able to say it.
More book examples (3)
No practical Daguerreotypist, Photographer, or amateur, should be without the means at hand for securing all of the information upon this subject.
Altogether too few amateur gardeners realize the great importance of procuring early every pound of manures, of any kind, to be had.
If the amateur is competent to do this part of the work the entire item of $50 may, of course, be cut out.