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Yes. The word dilettante is a Scrabble US word. The word dilettante is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is dilettante a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dilettante is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word dilettante is a Words With Friends word. The word dilettante is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

DILETTANTE,

8-letter words (5 found)

DATELINE,ENTAILED,ENTITLED,LINEATED,TALENTED,

7-letter words (16 found)

AILETTE,ALIENED,DELAINE,DENTATE,DINETTE,EDENTAL,ENTITLE,LADETTE,LATENED,LENITED,LINEATE,NETTLED,TAENITE,TAINTED,TATTLED,TITTLED,

6-letter words (57 found)

AEDILE,AEDINE,ALINED,ANELED,ANTEED,ATTEND,ATTENT,DELATE,DENIAL,DENTAL,DENTEL,DENTIL,DETAIL,DETAIN,DETENT,DILATE,EIDENT,ELANET,ELATED,ENDITE,ENTAIL,ETTLED,IDEATE,LATEEN,LATENT,LATTEN,LATTIN,LEADEN,LEANED,LENITE,LETTED,LINTED,LITTEN,NAILED,NEALED,NETTED,NETTIE,NETTLE,NIDATE,TAILED,TALENT,TATTED,TATTIE,TATTLE,TEATED,TELNET,TENAIL,TENIAE,TENTED,TENTIE,TILTED,TINDAL,TINEAL,TINTED,TITLED,TITTED,TITTLE,

5-letter words (69 found)

AILED,AINEE,ALIEN,ALINE,ANELE,ANILE,ANTED,ATILT,DAINE,DAINT,DEALT,DELTA,DENET,DIANE,DIENE,DITAL,EALED,EANED,EATEN,EDILE,ELAIN,ELAND,ELATE,ELDIN,ELIAD,ELIDE,ELINT,ELITE,ENATE,ENLIT,ENTIA,ETTIN,ETTLE,IDANT,IDEAL,IDENT,INLET,INTEL,LADEN,LANDE,LATED,LATEN,LATTE,LEANT,LENTI,LIANE,LINED,LITED,NALED,NEELD,NIDAL,TAINT,TANTI,TATIE,TEADE,TEAED,TEEND,TEIND,TELAE,TELIA,TENET,TENIA,TIDAL,TILDE,TILED,TINEA,TINED,TITAN,TITLE,

4-letter words (113 found)

ADIT,AIDE,AINE,ALEE,ALIT,ANIL,ANTE,ANTI,DALE,DALI,DALT,DANT,DATE,DEAL,DEAN,DEEN,DEET,DEIL,DELE,DELI,DELT,DENE,DENI,DENT,DIAL,DIEL,DIET,DINE,DINT,DITA,DITE,DITT,EALE,EDIT,EIDE,EILD,EINA,EINE,ELAN,ETAT,ETEN,ETNA,IDEA,IDEE,IDLE,ILEA,LADE,LAID,LAIN,LAND,LANE,LANT,LATE,LATI,LEAD,LEAN,LEAT,LEDE,LEED,LEET,LEND,LENT,LIED,LIEN,LIND,LINE,LINT,LITE,NAIL,NEAL,NEAT,NEED,NETE,NETT,NIDE,NIED,NITE,TAED,TAEL,TAIL,TAIN,TAIT,TALE,TALI,TANE,TATE,TATT,TEAD,TEAL,TEAT,TEED,TEEL,TEEN,TEIL,TEIN,TELA,TELD,TELE,TELT,TEND,TENE,TENT,TETE,TIAN,TIDE,TIED,TILE,TILT,TINA,TIND,TINE,TINT,TITE,

3-letter words (69 found)

AID,AIL,AIN,AIT,ALE,ALT,AND,ANE,ANI,ANT,ATE,ATT,DAE,DAL,DAN,DEE,DEI,DEL,DEN,DIE,DIN,DIT,EAN,EAT,EEL,EEN,ELD,ELT,END,ENE,ETA,IDE,ITA,LAD,LAT,LEA,LED,LEE,LEI,LET,LID,LIE,LIN,LIT,NAE,NAT,NED,NEE,NET,NID,NIE,NIL,NIT,TAD,TAE,TAI,TAN,TAT,TEA,TED,TEE,TEL,TEN,TET,TID,TIE,TIL,TIN,TIT,

2-letter words (25 found)

AD,AE,AI,AL,AN,AT,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EE,EL,EN,ET,ID,IN,IT,LA,LI,NA,NE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 356 words from dilettante according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dilettante

dilettante

Alternative forms

  • dilettant

Etymology

From Italian dilettante, present participle of dilettare (“to delight”), from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪlɪˈtænti/, /dɪləˈtɒnti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɪlɪˌtɑnt/, /ˈdɪlɪˌtænt/, /ˌdɪlɪˈtɑnt/, /ˌdɪlɪˈtænt/, /ˌdɪlɪˈtɑnteɪ/

Noun

dilettante (plural dilettanti or dilettantes)

  1. An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
    Synonyms: amateur, dabbler
    Antonym: professional
  2. (sometimes derogatory) A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.

Usage notes

This word is derived from Italian, not from French in which the -ante ending would be feminine. It is therefore correct for a person of any gender.

Derived terms

  • dilettantish, dilettanteish
  • dilettantism, dilettanteism

Related terms

  • delectable
  • delight
  • dildo (by way of 'diletto')

Translations

See also

  • amateur

Adjective

dilettante (comparative more dilettante, superlative most dilettante)

  1. Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

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References

Further reading

  • A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H. W. Fowler (1926; Oxford at the Clarendon Press; London: w:Humphrey Milford), page 115
    dilettante. Pl. -ti (pron. -tē).
  • dilettante” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
  • “dilettante”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “dilettante”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.lɛ.tɑ̃t/, /di.le.tɑ̃t/

Noun

dilettante m or f (plural dilettantes)

  1. dilettante

Further reading

  • “dilettante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

dilettante (plural dilettantes)

  1. dilettante

Italian

Etymology

From dilettare (“to delight”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.letˈtan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: di‧let‧tàn‧te

Noun

dilettante m or f by sense (plural dilettanti)

  1. amateur
  2. dilettante

Descendants

  • → English: dilettante
  • → German: Dilettant

Adjective

dilettante (plural dilettanti)

  1. amateur

Related terms

  • dilettevole

Source: wiktionary.org