amour
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French amur.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
amour (plural amours)
- (obsolete) Love, affection.
- Courtship; flirtation.
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 75:
- Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all – and yet there's something in that voice of hers….
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 75:
- A love affair.
- 1990 October 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, Chicago Reader:
- The amours of the greater scaup are, if anything, even more varied.
- 1990 October 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, Chicago Reader:
- A lover.
- 2000 December 29, James McManus, “The Winter Casino”, Chicago Reader:
- Makes you wonder how they were able to see their amours, or their hands...
- 2000 December 29, James McManus, “The Winter Casino”, Chicago Reader:
Related terms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French amor, amur, from Latin amor, amorem.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /a.muʁ/, X-SAMPA: /a.muR/
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,Audio (France, Paris) (file) Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -uʁ
- Homophone: amours
Noun[edit]
amour m (plural amours)
Usage notes[edit]
- In the plural, the word is often considered grammatically feminine.
Related terms[edit]
Jèrriais[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French amor, from Latin amor.
Noun[edit]
amour m (plural amours)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Love
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Love
- Jèrriais terms derived from Old French
- Jèrriais terms derived from Latin
- Jèrriais nouns
- roa-jer:Love
