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1 touche-à-tout
touche-à-tout [tu∫atu]invariable masculine and feminine nouninvariable adjective* * *tuʃatuadjectif invariableêtre touche-à-tout — [bébé] to be into everything; [esprit curieux] to be a jack of all trades
* * *tuʃatu nm inv1) (= enfant)C'est un touche-à-tout. — He's into everything.
2) (= personne qui aime s'essayer a des choses différentes) dabbler* * *touche-à-tout adj inv être touche-à-tout [bébé] to be into everything; [esprit curieux] to be a jack of all trades.[tuʃatu] nom masculin et féminin1. [importun] meddler -
2 boursicoteur
boursicoteur, - euse nm,f dabbler in stocks and shares, small-time speculator., boursicoteuse [bursikɔtɶr, øz] nom masculin, nom féminin -
3 dilettante
dilettante [diletɑ̃t]masculine noun, feminine noun* * *dilɛtɑ̃tnom masculin et féminin gén amateur, dilettante péj* * *diletɑ̃t nmffaire qch en dilettante; Il expliquait que sa peinture était faite en dilettante. — He explained that he was an amateur painter.
Je ne suis pas une spécialiste de ces sujets, mais je m'y intéresse plutôt en dilettante. — I'm not an expert in these subjects, I just have an amateur interest in them.
* * *dilettante nmf gén amateur, dilettante péj; peindre or faire de la peinture en dilettante to dabble in painting; écrire des romans en dilettante to be an amateur novelist.[diletɑ̃t] nom masculin et féminin————————[diletɑ̃t] adjectif————————en dilettante locution adverbiale -
4 tripatouilleur
n. m.1. 'Jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none' dabbler. Comme tripatouilleur, on ne fait pas mieux! He's always poking his fingers into gubbins he doesn't know a thing about!2. 'Fiddler', 'sticky-fingered' bookkeeper (one who acts dishonestly).
См. также в других словарях:
Dabbler — Dab bler (d[a^]b bl[ e]r), n. 1. One who dabbles. [1913 Webster] 2. One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler. our dabblers in politics. Swift. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dabbler — tyro, *amateur, dilettante Contrasted words: adept, *expert, wizard, artist … New Dictionary of Synonyms
dabbler — [n] amateur abecedarian, beginner, dilettante, loafer, nonprofessional, novice, potterer, pretender, smatterer, tinkerer, trifler, tyro, uninitiate; concepts 348,366 Ant. professional … New thesaurus
Dabbler — Art Dabbler (previously, Dabbler) Developer(s) Fractal Design Corporation, MetaCreations, Corel Corporation Stable release Corel Art Dabbler 2 Operating system Mac OS, Microsoft Windows … Wikipedia
dabbler — noun one who dabbles Marissa was just a dabbler when it came to writing; she blogged a little, but had never submitted any work to a serious publication. Syn: amateur, dilettante Ant: lifestyler … Wiktionary
dabbler — noun I m no expert astronomer, just a dabbler Syn: amateur, dilettante, layman, layperson; trifler, nonprofessional, nonspecialist Ant: professional … Thesaurus of popular words
dabbler — dabble ► VERB 1) move (one s hands or feet) around gently in water. 2) take part in an activity in a casual way. DERIVATIVES dabbler noun. ORIGIN from obsolete Dutch dabbelen or from DAB(Cf. ↑dab) … English terms dictionary
dabbler — noun Date: 1611 one that dabbles: as a. one not deeply engaged in or concerned with something b. a duck (as a mallard or shoveler) that feeds by dabbling called also dabbling duck, puddle duck, river duck Synonyms: see amateur … New Collegiate Dictionary
dabbler — dab·bler (dăbʹlər) n. One who engages in an activity superficially or without serious intent. See Synonyms at amateur. * * * … Universalium
dabbler — Synonyms and related words: Sunday painter, abecedarian, amateur, coquet, criticaster, dabster, dallier, dilettante, dunce, flirt, fool, fribble, grammaticaster, greenhorn, greeny, half scholar, ignoramus, illiterate, illiterati, know nothing,… … Moby Thesaurus
dabbler — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dilettante, amateur, tinkerer, novice; see amateur , trifler . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. amateur, hobbyist, tinkerer, dilettante, novice, putterer, layman, nonprofessional. ANT.: master, expert, professional III… … English dictionary for students