amateure
\a.ma.tœʁ\
The verdict
“amateure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui a de l’attachement, du goût pour quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amateure · amateure · French
amateure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amateure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ma.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « amateure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
amateure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ma.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
amateure doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is amateure, spelled A-M-A-T-E-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui a de l’attachement, du goût pour quelque chose.
- 2Celle qui aime les Beaux-Arts sans les exercer ou sans en faire profession.
- 3Celle qui, ayant à faire une chose, s’en occupe négligemment.
- 4Celle qui pratique les sports sans en tirer aucun profit pécuniaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amateure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle va se rendre compte que je ne suis pas une amateure, la maman.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.