unrequited love

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Noun

unrequited love (uncountable)

1. Love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired.
   • 1912, Eleanor H. Porter, Miss Billy's Decision, ch. 27,

     To her mind, a girl who would tell of the unrequited love of a man for herself, was unspeakably base.

Translations

love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無報答的愛 (cmn), 无报答的爱 (cmn) (wú bàodá-de ài), 暗戀 (cmn), 暗恋 (cmn) (ànliàn)

• Dutch: onbeantwoorde liefde
• Finnish: yksipuolinen rakkaus, vastakaiuton rakkaus
• French: amour non récompensé (fr) m, amour non échangé (fr) m, amour non partagé (fr) m, amour non-réciproqué (fr) m
• German: unerwiderte Liebe (de) f
• Greek: απλήρωτη αγάπη (aplíroti agápi) f
• Icelandic: óendurgoldin ást f
• Italian: amore non corrisposto n

• Japanese: 片思い (ja) (かたおもい, kataomoi)
• Korean: 짝사랑 (ko) (jjaksarang)
• Latin: amor non reciprocatus m, amoris non reciprocati (genitive)
• Portuguese: amor não correspondido m
• Russian: неразделённая любовь (ru) (nerazdeljónnaja ljubóv’) f, любовь без взаимности (ru) (ljubóv’ bez vzaímnosti) f, безответная любовь (ru) (bezotvétnaja ljubóv’) f
• Scottish Gaelic: gràdh neo-dhìolta m
• Spanish: amor no correspondido m
• Swedish: obesvarad kärlek c
• Turkish: karşılıksız aşk (tr), platonik aşk (tr)
• Vietnamese: tình yêu đơn phương, tình đơn phương