lover
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See also løver
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- lovyer (dialectal or obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English lover, lovyere, derivative of loven, lovien (“to love”), equivalent to love + -er.
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- Rhymes: -ʌvə(r)
[edit] Noun
lover (plural lovers)
- A person who loves another person, a sweetheart.
- A sexual partner.
- A person who loves something; connoisseur.
[edit] Synonyms
- (person who loves something): connoisseur
- See also Wikisaurus:lover
- See also Wikisaurus:sexual partner
[edit] Derived terms
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person who loves another person
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sexual partner
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person who loves something.
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Etymology
From Middle Dutch lover, originally the plural of loof. As with other words with plurals in -er, eventually this was substituted with -eren, creating loveren. This new plural was then reanalysed as a separate noun and a new singular form lover was back-formed from it.
[edit] Noun
lover n. (plural lovers, diminutive lovertje)
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
Probably from Low German lofen, lufen.
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- IPA: /lɔve/
[edit] Verb
lover
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of lover (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | lover | avoir lové | |||||
| gerund | en lovant | en ayant lové | |||||
| present participle | lovant | ||||||
| past participle | lové | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | love | loves | love | lovons | lovez | lovent |
| imperfect | lovais | lovais | lovait | lovions | loviez | lovaient | |
| past historic1 | lovai | lovas | lova | lovâmes | lovâtes | lovèrent | |
| future | loverai | loveras | lovera | loverons | loverez | loveront | |
| conditional | loverais | loverais | loverait | loverions | loveriez | loveraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | love | loves | love | lovions | loviez | lovent |
| imperfect1 | lovasse | lovasses | lovât | lovassions | lovassiez | lovassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | love | — | lovons | lovez | — | ||
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[edit] Middle English
[edit] Noun
lover (plural lovers)