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From Middle English, from Old English lufu (“love, affection, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *lubō (“love”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, *leubʰ- (“love, care, desire”). Cognate with Old Frisian luve (“love”), Old High German luba (“love”). Related to Old English lēof (“dear, beloved”), līefan (“to allow, approve of”), Latin libet, lubō (“to please”).
love (countable and uncountable; plural loves)
- (uncountable) An intense feeling of affection and care towards another person.
- A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
- (uncountable) A deep or abiding liking for something.
- My love of cricket knows no bounds.
- (uncountable) A profound and caring attraction towards someone.
- Your love is the most important thing in my life.
- (countable) The object of one’s romantic feelings; a darling or sweetheart
- I met my love by the gasworks wall.
- (colloquial) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
- Hello, love, how can I help you?
- (euphemistic) A sexual desire; sexual activity
- Has he really not had any love for two years?
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strong affection
- Afrikaans: liefde (af)
- Albanian: dashuri (sq) f.
- Arabic: حب (ar) (Hubb) m., محبة (ar) (maHábba) f.
- Egyptian Arabic: حب (ḥob) m.
- Aramaic: ܚܘܒܐ
- Armenian: սեր (hy) (ser)
- Azeri: sevgi (az), eşq (az), eşq (az)
- Bashkir: мөхәббәт (møxæbbæt)
- Belarusian: любоў (be) (ljubóŭ) f., кахання (be) (kaxánnja) n.
- Breton: karantez (br) f.
- Bulgarian: любов (bg) (ljubóv) f., обич (bg) (obič) f.
- Catalan: amor (ca) m.
- Cebuano: gugma (ceb)
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵢⵔⵉ (tayri)
- Cherokee: ᏥᎨᏳᎢ (chr) (tsigeyui)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 愛 (cmn), 爱 (cmn) (ài), 愛情 (cmn), 爱情 (cmn) (àiqíng)
- Min Nan: 愛情 (ài-chîng), 情愛 (chêng-ài), 愛 (ài)
- Chuvash: юрату (cv)
- Crimean Tatar: süygü
- Croatian: ljubav (hr)
- Czech: láska (cs) f.
- Dalmatian: amaur
- Danish: kærlighed (da) c.
- Dutch: liefde (nl) f.
- Esperanto: amo (eo), korinklino (eo), kareco (eo)
- Estonian: armastus (et)
- Ewe: lɔlɔ̃ (ee)
- Filipino: pag-ibig, pagmamahal
- Finnish: rakkaus (fi)
- French: amour (fr) m.
- Gagauz: sevgi
- Georgian: სიყვარული (ka) (siqvaruli)
- German: Liebe (de) f., Zuneigung (de) f.
- Greek: αγάπη (el) (agápi) f.
- Ancient: ἀγάπη (agapē) f.
- Hawaiian: aloha
- Hebrew: אהבה (he) (ahavá) f.
- Hiligaynon: higugma (hil)
- Hindi: प्यार (hi) (pyār) m., प्रेम (hi) (prem) m., इश्क़ (hi) (išq) m., मुहब्बत (hi) (muhabbat) f., सम्मोह (hi)
- Hungarian: szeretet (hu), szerelem (hu)
- Icelandic: elska (is), ást (is)
- Indonesian: cinta (id) (of someone), suka (id) (of something)
- Interlingua: amor (ia)
- Irish: grá (ga) m.
- Italian: amore (it) m.
- Japanese: 愛 (ja) (あい, ai), 愛情 (ja) (あいじょう, aijō)
- Kamba: wendo
- Karachay-Balkar: сюймеклик (sjuymeklik)
- Kazakh: ғашыктык (kk) (ʁaʃɯktɯk), махаббат (kk) (maxabbat)
- Khmer: សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ (saych-gday sraluñ)
- Kikuyu: wendo
- Korean: 사랑 (ko) (sarang), 애정 (ko) (aejeong)
- Kyrgyz: сүйүү (ky) (syjyy), макаббат (ky) (maqabbat)
- Latgalian: mīleiba, mīla
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- Latin: amor (la) m., caritas (la) f.
- Latvian: mīlestība (lv) f., mīla (lv) f.
- Lithuanian: meilė (lt)
- Luhya: vuyanzi
- Luxembourgish: Léift (lb) f.
- Macedonian: љубов (mk) (ljúbov) f.
- Maori: aroha (mi)
- Meru: wendo
- Meänkieli: rakhaus
- Mizo: hmangaihna
- Nanticoke: quámmősch
- Norwegian: kjærlighet (no)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjærleik (nn)
- Novial: amo (nov)
- Okinawan: なさき (nasaki)
- Old Provençal: amor
- Old Prussian: mīli (prg)
- Ossetian: уарзондзинад
- Persian: عشق (fa) ('ešq), مهر (fa) (mehr)
- Polish: miłość (pl) f.
- Portuguese: amor (pt)
- Punjabi: ਪਿਆਰ (pa) (piār) m.
- Romanian: iubire (ro), dragoste (ro), amor (ro)
- Romansch: charezza (rm) f.
- Russian: любовь (ru) (ljubóv’) f.
- Samoan: alofa (sm)
- Sanskrit: अनुराग (sa) (anurāga)
- Scottish Gaelic: gràdh (gd) m., spèis (gd) f., rùn (gd) m.
- Serbo-Croatian: љу́бав (sh) (ljubav) f.
- Sindhi: محبت (sd) (mahbbàtà) f., عشق (sd) ('išqù) m., پیار (sd) (pyārù) m., لَنو (sd) (lôve) m.
- Sinhalese: ආදරය (si) (ādaraya)
- Slovak: láska (sk) f.
- Slovene: ljubezen (sl) f.
- Spanish: amor (es) m.
- Swahili: upendo (sw)
- Swedish: kärlek (sv) c.
- Tagalog: pag-ibig; pagmamahal
- Tajik: муҳаббат (tg) (muhabbat), ишқ (tg) (išq)
- Tamil: அன்பு (ta), பாசம் (ta)
- Tatar: ярату (tt) (jaratu)
- Telugu: ప్రేమ (te) (prEma)
- Thai: ความรัก (th) (khwamrak)
- Turkish: sevgi (tr), aşk (tr)
- Turkmen: yşk (tk), söýgi (tk)
- Ukrainian: любов (uk) (ljubóv) f., кохання (uk) (koxánnja) n.
- Urdu: محبت (ur) (muhabbat) f., عشق (ur) ('išq) m., پیار (ur) (pyār) m.
- Uyghur: (muhebbet)
- Uzbek: sevgi (uz), muhabbat (uz)
- Vietnamese: tình yêu (vi)
- Volapük: löf (vo), lelöf (vo)
- Welsh: cariad (cy) m.
- West Frisian: leafde (fy)
- Yakut: таптал (taptal)
- Yiddish: אַהבֿה (yi) (aave) f. ([divine] love), ליבע (yi) (libe) f. (love, love affair, romance), ליבשאַפֿט (yi) (libshaft) f. (love, fondness, affection)
- Zulu: uthando (zu)
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romantic feelings
- Albanian: dashuri (sq) f.
- Arabic: حب (ar) (Hubb) m., محبة (ar) (maHábba) f., عشق (ar) (3ishq) m.
- Armenian: սեր (hy) (ser)
- Azeri: eşq (az)
- Bashkir: мөхәббәт (mökhebbet)
- Basque: maitea
- Belarusian: любоў (be) (ljubóŭ) f., кахання (be) (kaxánnja) n.
- Breton: karantez (br) f.
- Bulgarian: любов (bg) (ljubóv) f., обич (bg) (obič) f.
- Catalan: amor (ca) m.
- Cebuano: paghigugma
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 戀 (cmn), 恋 (cmn) (liàn), 愛戀 (cmn), 爱恋 (cmn) (àiliàn), 戀愛 (cmn), 戀愛 (cmn) (liàn'ài), 愛 (zh), 爱 (zh) (ài)
- Czech: láska (cs) f.
- Danish: kærlighed (da) c., romantik (da) c.
- Dutch: liefde (nl) f.
- Esperanto: amo (eo)
- Estonian: armastus (et)
- Ewe: lɔlɔ̃
- Filipino: pag-ibig, pagmamahal
- Finnish: romantiikka, lempi (physical or poetic), rakkaus
- French: amour (fr) m.
- German: Liebe (de) f.
- Greek: έρωτας (el) (érotas) m.
- Hebrew: אהבה (he) (ahavá) f.
- Hindi: प्यार (hi) (pyār) m., प्रेम (hi) (prem) m., इश्क़ (hi) (išq) m., मुहब्बत (hi) (muhabbat) f.
- Hungarian: szerelem (hu)
- Icelandic: elska (is)
- Interlingua: amor
- Irish: grá (ga) m.
- Italian: amore (it) m.
- Japanese: 恋 (ja) (こい, koi), 恋愛 (ja) (れんあい, ren'ai), 愛 (ja) (あい, ai)
- Kabyle: tayri (θeɪɹi)
- Khmer: សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ (km) (saych-gday sraluñ)
- Korean: 사랑 (ko) (sarang), 연정 (ko) (yeonjeong), 애정 (ko) (aejeong)
- Kyrgyz: сүйүү (süyüü), макаббат (maqabbat)
- Latin: amor (la) m.
- Latvian: mīlestība (lv) f., mīla (lv) f.
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- Lithuanian: meilė (lt)
- Luxembourgish: Léift (lb) f.
- Macedonian: љубов (mk) (ljúbov) f.
- Malayalam: സ്നേഹം (ml) (sneham), ഇഷ്ടം (ml) (ishtam), പ്രണയം (ml) (pranayam), അനുരാഗം (ml) (anuragam)
- Meänkieli: rakhaus
- Mizo: hmangaihna
- Norwegian: kjærlighet (no) m.
- Novial: amo
- Old Prussian: mīli, mīlin
- Persian: عشق (fa) ('ešq), مهر (fa) (mehr)
- Polish: miłość (pl) f.
- Portuguese: amor (pt) m.
- Punjabi: ਪਿਆਰ (pa) (piār) m.
- Romanian: amor (ro), iubire (ro)
- Russian: любовь (ru) (ljubóv’) f.
- Sanskrit: प्रीतिः (sa) (prītiḥ)
- Scottish Gaelic: gaol m., gràdh m., rùn (gd) m.
- Serbo-Croatian: љу́бав (sh) (ljubav) f.
- Sinhalese: ආදරය (si) (ādaraya)
- Slovak: láska (sk) f.
- Slovene: ljubezen (sl) f.
- Spanish: amor (es) m.
- Swahili: upendo (sw)
- Swedish: kärlek (sv) c.
- Tagalog: pag-ibig, pagmamahal
- Tajik: ишқ (tg) (išq)
- Tamil: காதல் (ta) (Kadhal)
- Tatar: ярату (tt) (yaratu)
- Thai: ความรัก (th) (khwamrak)
- Turkish: sevgi (tr), aşk (tr)
- Ukrainian: любов (uk) (ljubóv) f., кохання (uk) (koxánnja) n.
- Urdu: محبت (ur) (muhabbat) f., عشق (ur) ('išq) m., پیار (ur) (pyār) m., پریم (ur) (prem) m.
- Uzbek: sevgi (uz), ishq (uz), mehr (uz)
- Vietnamese: tình yêu (vi)
- Welsh: serch (cy) m.
- West Frisian: leafde
- Yakut: таптал (taptal)
- Yoruba: ife (yo)
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darling or sweetheart
- Albanian: dashur (i/e)
- Arabic: حبيب (ar) (Habiib) m., حبيبة (ar) (Habiiba) f., (when addressing) حبيبي (ar) (Habiibi)
- Armenian: սեր (hy) (ser)
- Basque: laztana
- Breton: karantez (br), karantezig (br)
- Catalan: amor (ca) m.
- Cebuano: hinigugma
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 情人 (cmn) (qíngrén), 戀人 (cmn), 恋人 (cmn) (liànrén), 親愛的 (cmn), 亲爱的 (cmn) (qīn'ài-de), 寶貝 (cmn), 宝贝 (cmn) (bǎobèi), 甜心 (cmn) (tiánxīn)
- Min Nan: 愛人仔 (ài-jîn-á/ài-lîn-á), 情人 (chîng-jîn/chîng-lîn)
- Czech: lásko (cs) f.
- Danish: skat (da), søde (da), elskede (da), kæreste (da) c.
- Dutch: schat (nl)
- Esperanto: amato (eo)
- Ewe: lɔlɔ̃
- Filipino:
- second person: irog, mahal, sinta
- third person: iniibig, iniirog, irog, kasintahan, syota (informal)
- Finnish: rakas (fi), kulta (fi)
- French: amour (fr) m.
- German: Liebe (de) f., Liebling (de) m., Liebes (de), Lieber (de), Schatz (de) m.
- Greek: αγάπη (el) (agápi) f.
- Hebrew: אהוב (he) (ahúv) m., אהובה (he) (ahuvá) f.
- Irish: rún (ga) m., grá (ga) m.
- Italian: amore (it) m.
- Japanese: 恋人 (ja) (こいびと, koibito)
- Korean: 연인 (yeon-in) 자기 (jagi: colloquial)
- Kyrgyz: жан (žan)
- Latin: amātor (la) m., amātrix (la) f.
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- Latvian: mīļais (lv) m., mīļā (lv) f., mīļums (lv) f., mīla (lv) m. and f.
- Luxembourgish: , Häerzi (lb) m.
- Macedonian: љубен (mk) (ljúben) m., љубена (mk) (ljúbena) f.
- Malayalam: കാമുകി (പെണ്ണ്) (ml) (kamuki (female)), കാമുകന് (ആണ്) (ml) (kamukan (male))
- Mizo: hmangaih, duhlai
- Norwegian: elskling (no) m., kjæreste (no), min elskede (no), kjære (no)
- Persian: عزیز (fa) ('aziz), دلبر (fa) (delbar), جان (fa) (jân)
- Polish: kochanie (pl), miłość (pl) f.
- Portuguese: amor (pt)
- Romanian: iubit (ro), iubită (ro)
- Russian: любимый (ru) (ljubímyj) m., любимая (ru) (ljubímaja) f.
- Scottish Gaelic: leannan m., gràdh m., gaol m., gràidhean m., gràidheag f., rùn m.
- Slovak: láska (sk) f.
- Slovene: ljubi (sl) m., ljuba f.
- Spanish: amor (es) m., cariño (es) m.
- Swahili: upendo (sw)
- Swedish: älskling (sv) c., käresta (sv), älskade (sv)
- Tagalog:
- second person: irog, mahal, sinta
- third person: iniibig, iniirog, irog, kasintahan, syota (informal)
- Telugu: ప్రియురాలు (priyurAlu)
- Thai: ที่รัก (thirak), ยาหยี (yááyee), สุดที่รัก (sûd-tee-rak), คนรัก (kon-rak), หวานใจ (th)
- Turkish: sevgilim (tr), aşkım (tr)
- Urdu: جان (jān) f.
- Vietnamese: cưng (vi)
- Welsh: cariad (cy)
- West Frisian: skat, leave, leafke
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love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)
- (transitive) To have a strong affection for.
- I love my spouse.
- I love you.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI
- "I know how difficult your position is," I said; "but don't feel that you are alone. There is--is one here who--who would do anything in the world for you," I ended lamely. She did not withdraw her hand, and she looked up into my face with tears on her cheeks and I read in her eyes the thanks her lips could not voice. Then she looked away across the weird moonlit landscape and sighed. Evidently her new-found philosophy had tumbled about her ears, for she was seemingly taking herself seriously. I wanted to take her in my arms and tell her how I loved her, and had taken her hand from the rail and started to draw her toward me when Olson came blundering up on deck with his bedding.
- (transitive) To need, thrive on.
- Mold loves moist, dark places.
- (transitive, colloquial) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
- I love walking barefoot on wet grass.
- I'd love to join the team.
- I love what you've done with your hair.
- (transitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to.
- "You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and your whole mind, and your whole soul; you shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Matt. 22:37-38)
- (transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.
- I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.
- (transitive) To lust for.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.)
- I wish I could love her all night long.
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have a strong affection for
- Abenaki: kazalmômuk
- Adangme: suɔ
- Ainu: カタイロッケ (katayrotke)
- Albanian: do (sq)
- American Sign Language: ILY@Side-PalmForward
- Arabic: حب (ar) (Hábba), أحب (ar) ('aHábba)
- Armenian: սիրել (hy) (sirel)
- Azeri: sevmək (az)
- Bashkir: яратыу (yaratıu)
- Basque: maite izan, maitatu
- Belarusian: любіць (be) (ljubíc’), кахаць (be) (kaxác’)
- Bengali: ভালবাসা (bn) (bhalôbasha)
- Bosnian: voljeti (bs)
- Bulgarian: обичам (bg) (obíčam)
- Burmese: အချစ် (my) (achi'), ချစ်ခင် (my) (c'iq-teh)
- Catalan: estimar, voler
- Cebuano: higugma
- Cherokee: ᏥᎨᏳᎢ (chr) (tsigeyui)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 愛 (cmn), 爱 (cmn) (ài), 熱愛 (cmn), 热爱 (cmn) (rè’ài), 愛好 (cmn), 爱好 (cmn) (àihào), 愛戴 (cmn), 爱戴 (cmn) (àidài)
- Chuvash: сав
- Coptic: ⲙⲉ (me)
- Crimean Tatar: sevmek (northern dialect süymek)
- Croatian: voljeti (hr), ljubiti (hr)
- Czech: milovat (cs)
- Dalmatian: amur
- Danish: elsker (da)
- Dutch: houden van (nl), beminnen (nl), liefhebben (nl), graag zien (nl)
- Egyptian: mr
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- Esperanto: ami (eo)
- Estonian: armastama (et)
- Filipino: ibig, mahal
- Finnish: rakastaa (fi)
- French: aimer (fr)
- German: lieben (de)
- Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽 (frijon)
- Greek: αγαπώ (el) (ağapó)
- Ancient: ἀγαπάω (agapaō)
- Hebrew: אהב (he) (aháv)
- Hindi: प्यार करना (hi) (pyār karnā), प्रेम करना (hi) (prem karnā)
- Hungarian: szeret (hu)
- Icelandic: elska (is)
- Indonesian: cinta (id)
- Interlingua: amar
- Italian: (romantic) amare (it); (non-romantic) volere bene
- Japanese: 愛する (ja) (あいする, ai-surú), 恋する (ja) (こいする, koi-surú)
- Kazakh: сүю (kk) (süyu)
- Khmer: ស្រឡាញ់ (km) (sraluñ)
- Korean: 사랑하다 (ko) (sarang-hada), 애정을 품다 (ko) (aejeong-eul pumda)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: خۆشویستن (ku) (xoshwístin)
- Lao: ຮັກ (lo) (hak)
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- Latin: amō (la)
- Latvian: mīlēt (lv)
- Lithuanian: mylėti (lt)
- Lojban: prami (jbo)
- Luo: hero
- Luxembourgish: gär hunn (lb)
- Macedonian: љуби (mk) (ljúbi), сака (mk) (sáka)
- Malayalam: ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുക (ml) (ishtappeduka)
- Maltese: ħabb (mt)
- Marathi: प्रेम (prem)
- Marshallese: yokwe
- Mizo: hmangaih
- Mogholi: täla
- Nahuatl: tlajsoa (nah)
- Norwegian: elske (no)
- Novial: ama
- Old Church Slavonic: любити (ljubiti)
- Old English: frēoġan (ang)
- Old Frisian: minnia
- Old Provençal: amar
- Persian: دوست داشتن (fa) (dust dâštan), عشق داشتن (fa) ('ešq dâštan), عاشق بودن (fa) ('âšeq budan), مهر ورزیدن (fa) (mehr varzidan)
- Polish: kochać (pl)
- Portuguese: amar (pt)
- Quechua: waylluy
- Romani: kamel
- Romanian: iubi, (se) îndrăgosti, adora
- Romansch: avair gugent, charezzar (rm)
- Russian: любить (ru) (ljubít’)
- Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
- Serbian: voleti (sr), волети (sr), ljubiti (sr), љубити (sr)
- Slovak: milovať (sk), ľúbiť (sk)
- Slovene: ljubiti (sl), imeti rad (sl)
- Spanish: amar (es), querer (es)
- Sumerian: 𒆠𒉘 (KI.ÁG)
- Swahili: kupenda (sw)
- Swedish: älska (sv)
- Tagalog: ibig (tl), mahal (tl)
- Tajik: дӯст доштан (tg) (dūst doštan), ишқ варзидан (tg) (išq varzidan)
- Tamil: காதலி (romantic love), அன்பு செலுத்து (common love)
- Tatar: яратырга (tt) (yaratırğa)
- Thai: รัก (th) (rak)
- Tupinambá: aûsub (s-)
- Turkish: sevmek (tr)
- Turkmen: söÿmek (tk), sövmek (tk)
- Ukrainian: любити (uk) (ljubýty), кохати (uk) (koxáty)
- Urdu: پیار کرنا (ur) (pyār karnā)
- Vietnamese: yêu (vi)
- Volapük: löfön (vo)
- Welsh: caru (cy)
- West Frisian: leaf hawwe, hâlde fan, beminne, leavje (fy)
- Wolof: mbëggéel (wo), mbeugeil (wo)
- !Xóõ: ǀnàm, tsāha, tào
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be strongly inclined towards doing
- Arabic: حب (ar) (Hábba)
- Catalan: agradar
- Cebuano: gusto
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 喜歡 (cmn), 喜欢 (cmn) (xǐhuan), 愛好 (cmn), 爱好 (cmn) (àihào)
- Esperanto: ŝati (eo)
- Estonian: armastama (et)
- Filipino: gusto, nais
- Finnish: pitää paljon, pitää kovasti, rakastaa
- French: aimer beaucoup, aimer bien, vouloir beaucoup
- German: lieben (de)
- Greek: λατρεύω (el) (latrévo), ποθώ (el) (pothó), θέλω (el) (thélo)
- Hebrew: אהב (he) (aháv)
- Hungarian: szeret (hu)
- Italian: voler bene, amare
- Japanese: 気に入る (ja) (きにいる, ki-ni iru), 好きである (ja) (すきである, suki dearu)
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- Korean: 좋아하다 (ko) (joa-hada)
- Latvian: patikt, mīlēt
- Lithuanian: žavėtis (lt), mylėti (lt)
- Macedonian: љуби (mk) (ljúbi), милува (mk) (míluva)
- Norwegian: elske (no), like (no)
- Polish: uwielbiać (pl)
- Portuguese: adorar (pt), amar (pt)
- Romanian: dori, adora, venera,
- Russian: любить (ru) (ljubít’)
- Spanish: encantar (es), gustar (es), adorar (es)
- Swahili: upendo (sw)
- Tagalog: gusto (tl), nais (tl)
- Turkish: sevmek (tr)
- Vietnamese: yêu (vi)
- Welsh: dwli ar
- West Frisian: hâlde fan, graach meie
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care about; will good for
(euphemistic): to have sex with
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Terms derived from the noun or verb love
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From Middle English loven, lovien, from Old English lofian (“to praise, exalt, appraise, value”), from Proto-Germanic *lubōnan (“to praise, vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leubʰ- (“to like, love, desire”). Cognate with Scots love, lofe (“to praise, honour, esteem”), Dutch loven (“to praise”), German loben (“to praise”), Swedish lova (“to promise, pledge”), Icelandic lofa (“to promise”). See also lofe.
love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)
- (transitive, obsolete or UK dialectal) To praise; commend.
- (transitive, obsolete or UK dialectal) To praise as of value; prize; set a price on.
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From the phrase Neither for love nor for money, meaning "nothing".
The previously held belief that it originated from the French term l’œuf (“the egg”), due to its shape, is no longer widely accepted.
love (uncountable)
- (racquet sports) zero, no score.
- So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.
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love
- (slang) money
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See lov
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love c.
- plural indefinite of lov
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From Middle Low German lōve.
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love c.
- trust, faith
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From Old Norse lofa.
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love (imperative lov, infinitive at love, present tense lover, past tense lovede, past participle har lovet)
- praise
- promise
love
- singular present subjunctive of loven.
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love
- first-person singular present indicative of lover
- third-person singular present indicative of lover
- first-person singular present subjunctive of lover
- first-person singular present subjunctive of lover
- second-person singular imperative of lover
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love (plural loves)
- love
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Old Norse lofa
love
- To praise.
- To promise.
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love
- Plural form of lovo.
- money
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