A chess enthusiast .
Pronunciation
( Received Pronunciation , Ireland ) IPA (key ) : /ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/ , /-θjuː-/ , /-əst/
( General American , Canada ) IPA (key ) : /ɪnˈθuziˌɪst/ , /ɛn-/ , /-ˈθju-/ , /-ˌæst/ , /-əst/
( General Australian , New Zealand ) IPA (key ) : /ɪnˈθʊʉziˌəst/ , /en-/ , /-θïɯ-/ , /-æst/
( India ) IPA (key ) : /ɪnˈtʰuːziˌəst/ , /en-/ , /-tʰjuː-/ , /-æst/
( General South African ) IPA (key ) : /ɪnˈθʉːziˌəst/ , /en-/ , /-θjʉː-/ , /-æst/
Noun
enthusiast (plural enthusiasts )
A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm .
Synonyms: aficionado , amateur , freak , ( computing ) power user , ( marketing ) prosumer ; see also Thesaurus:enthusiast
1834 , L[ etitia] E[ lizabeth] L[ andon] , chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. [ … ] , volume III, London: Richard Bentley , [ … ] , (successor to Henry Colburn ), →OCLC , page 28 :But Charles Aubyn (for it was he) had, like most enthusiasts , overcalculated the influence of his eloquence; surprise had alone procured him a hearing, and the bold cavaliers around were little in the mood for a homily.
2010 , Niamh Nic Daeid, Fifty Years of Forensic Science: A Commentary :I would challenge any rock enthusiast to refrain from tapping his/ her foot when listening to such music.
( archaic ) A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour .
Translations
person filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Afrikaans: entoesias
Burmese: ဝါသနာရှင် ( wasa.nahrang )
Catalan: entusiasta m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 热衷者
Czech: nadšenec (cs) m
Danish: entusiast (da) c
Esperanto: entuziasmulo
Finnish: intoilija (fi) , harrastaja (fi)
French: passionné (fr) , amateur (fr)
Galician: entusiasta (gl)
German: Enthusiast (de) m
Irish: díograiseoir m , scailéathan m
Italian: entusiasta (it) , appassionato (it)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Latin: perquīsītor m
Manx: ard-jeeaneyder m
Marathi: उत्साही m or f ( utsāhī )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ildsjel (no) m or f
Nynorsk: eldsjel f
Persian: شوریده (fa) ( šuride )
Polish: entuzjasta (pl) m , entuzjastka (pl) f , miłośnik (pl) m , zapaleniec (pl) m , wielbiciel (pl) m , czciciel (pl) m , hołdownik m , miłośniczka (pl) f , wielbicielka (pl) f , czcicielka (pl) f
Portuguese: entusiasta (pt)
Romanian: entuziast (ro) m
Russian: энтузиа́ст (ru) m ( entuziást )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ентузѝјаст m , ентузѝјасткиња f , занесѐња̄к m , занесења̀киња f
Roman: entuzìjast (sh) f , entuzìjastkinja (sh) f , zanesènjāk (sh) m , zanesenjàkinja (sh) f
Spanish: entusiasta (es)
Swedish: entusiast (sv) c , eldsjäl (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: ентузіаст m ( entuziast ) , ентузіастка f ( entuziastka )
person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour
Further reading
“enthusiast ”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster , 1996–present.
“enthusiast ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“enthusiast ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .