dilettante
French, noun/di.lɛ.tɑ̃t/
dilettante is spelled D-I-L-E-T-T-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dilettante is a French feminine noun meaning “dilettante” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mélomane, amateur de musique italienne”.
What does dilettante mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mélomane, amateur de musique italienne. 2. Passionné de littérature et d’art en général. 3. Personne qui n’envisage toutes choses que du point de vue du plaisir esthétique, avec un certain scepticisme général. 4. Celui qui s’occupe d’une chose en amateur. Il s’oppose en ce sens à professionnel, homme du métier.
adjective: 1. Amateur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dilettante
- dilettantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dilettante?
- /di.lɛ.tɑ̃t/
- /di.le.tɑ̃t/
- \di.lɛ.tɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dilettante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dilettante in French?
dilettante appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).