amor
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Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
amor m (plural amores)
Related terms[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Provençal amor, from Latin amōre, singular ablative of amor.
Noun[edit]
amor m (plural amors)
Chavacano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
amor
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese amor, from Latin amor, amōrem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
amor m (plural amores)
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
amor m (genitive singular amors, no plural)
- (rare) love
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Interlingua[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
amor
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
amor m (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
Ladino[edit]
Noun[edit]
amor m (Latin spelling)
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
amor m (genitive amōris); third declension
- love
- Amor omnia vincit.
- Love conquers all.
- Amor omnia vincit.
- beloved
- sex
- (plural only) love affair
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amor | amōrēs |
| genitive | amōris | amōrum |
| dative | amōrī | amōribus |
| accusative | amōrem | amōrēs |
| ablative | amōre | amōribus |
| vocative | amor | amōrēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Aragonese: amor
- Asturian: amor
- Catalan: amor
- Corsican: amore, amori
- Dalmatian: amaur
- French: amour
- English: amour
- Friulian: amôr
- Galician: amor
Etymology 2[edit]
Inflected form of amō (“I love”).
Verb[edit]
amor
References[edit]
- amor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- du Cange, Charles (1883), “amor”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
- “amor” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to feel affection for a person: in amore habere aliquem
- to feel affection for a person: amore prosequi, amplecti aliquem
- to be fired with love: amore captum, incensum, inflammatum esse, ardere
- to banish love from one's mind: amorem ex animo eicere
- somebody's darling: amores et deliciae alicuius
- to be some one's favourite: in amore et deliciis esse alicui (active in deliciis habere aliquem)
- to feel affection for a person: in amore habere aliquem
- amor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Occitan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- amour (Mistralian)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Provençal amor, from Latin amor, amōrem.
Noun[edit]
amor m (plural amors)
Related terms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
amor m
Usage notes[edit]
- Attestable as both a masculine and a feminine noun, sometimes both in the same text
- Often capitalized because of the perceived importance of the word
Descendants[edit]
Old Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin amor (“love”), amōrem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
amor m
- love
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 80 (facsimile):
- De graça chẽa e damor / de deus acorre nos ſennor.
- (Our) Lady, full of grace and of God's love, come to our aid.
- De graça chẽa e damor / de deus acorre nos ſennor.
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 80 (facsimile):
Descendants[edit]
Old Provençal[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
amor m (oblique plural amors, nominative singular amors, nominative plural amor)
- love
- c. 1160, Raimbaut d'Aurenga, vers:
- Assatz sai d’amor ben parlar [...].
- Well I know how to speak of love.
- c. 1160, Raimbaut d'Aurenga, vers:
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese amor, from Latin amor, amōrem, from amō (“I love”).
Cognate with Galician amor, Spanish amor, Catalan amor, Occitan amor, French amour, Italian amore and Romanian amor.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈmoɾ/, /a.ˈmox/, /a.ˈmoh/, /a.ˈmoɻ/, /a.ˈmo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈmoɾ/
- Hyphenation: a‧mor
- Rhymes: -oɾ
Noun[edit]
amor m (plural amores)
- love
- 1607, Luís Vaz de Camões, Rimas, Amor é fogo que arde sem se ver:
- Amor he hum fogo que arde ſem ſe ver
- Love is a fire that burns but is not seen
- Amor he hum fogo que arde ſem ſe ver
- 1607, Luís Vaz de Camões, Rimas, Amor é fogo que arde sem se ver:
- honey (term of affection)
-
Amor, cheguei.
- Honey, I'm home.
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Synonyms[edit]
- (honey): querido
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin amor, borrowed from French amour, borrowed from Italian amore.
Noun[edit]
amor n (plural amoruri)
Declension[edit]
declension of amor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) amor | amorul | (niște) amoruri | amorurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) amor | amorului | (unor) amoruri | amorurilor |
| vocative | amorule | amorurilor | ||
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- amor in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2017
Spanish[edit]
Spanish phrasebook
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin amōrem, singular accusative of amor.
Noun[edit]
amor m (plural amores)
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
References[edit]
- “amor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Categories:
- Asturian terms inherited from Latin
- Asturian terms derived from Latin
- Asturian lemmas
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- Catalan 2-syllable words
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- Catalan terms inherited from Old Provençal
- Catalan terms derived from Old Provençal
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
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- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Chavacano terms derived from Spanish
- Chavacano lemmas
- Chavacano nouns
- Galician terms inherited from Old Portuguese
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- Galician terms inherited from Latin
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- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Icelandic terms borrowed from Latin
- Icelandic terms derived from Latin
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic terms with rare senses
- Interlingua terms derived from Latin
- Interlingua lemmas
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- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian apocopic forms
- Ladino lemmas
- Ladino nouns
- Latin 2-syllable words
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- Latin words suffixed with -or
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- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin non-lemma forms
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- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
- la:Love
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- Old French terms inherited from Latin
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- Spanish phrasebook
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