how to pronounce dilettante
/ˌdɪl.əˈtæn.ti/
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dilettante is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of dilettante in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… sort of dilettante botanical interests …”
meanings of dilettante
noun:
- An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
- A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.
adjective:
- Pertaining to or like a dilettante.
dilettante frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word dilettante occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics dilettante can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dilettante can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) education, science, and technology;
3) people, society, and culture;
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