amor

See also: Amor and amôr

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin amor, amōre.

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

1. love

Related terms

• namorar

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan amor, from Latin amōre, singular ablative of amor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əˈmo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əˈmor/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈmoɾ/
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

amor m (plural amors)

1. love

   Antonym: odi

Derived terms

• desamor

Related terms

• amar

Further reading

• “amor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish amor (“love”).

Noun

amor

1. love

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese amor, from Latin amor, amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈmoɾ]

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

1. love

Antonyms

• odio

Related terms

• namorar

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Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amor.

Noun

amor m (genitive singular amors, no plural)

1. (rare) love

Synonyms

• (love): ást, kærleiki

Derived terms

• amorslegur

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin amor.

Noun

amor

1. love

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Italian

Noun

amor m (invariable)

1. Apocopic form of amore

Anagrams

• armo, armò
• mora
• orma
• ramo, ramò
• Roma

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Ladino

Noun

amor m (Latin spelling)

1. love

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mor/

Etymology 1

From amō (“I love”) +‎ -or.

Noun

amor m (genitive amōris); third declension

1. love

   Amor omnia vincit.

   Love conquers all.

2. beloved
3. sex
   • 29 bc. Vergil. Georgics, III

     amor omnibvs idem

     Sex is the same for all of them [viz., every form of man, beast, aquatic or winged life, or livestock]

4. (plural only) love affair

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	amor	amōrēs
genitive	amōris	amōrum
dative	amōrī	amōribus
accusative	amōrem	amōrēs
ablative	amōre	amōribus
vocative	amor	amōrēs

Descendants

• Aragonese: amor
• Asturian: amor
• Catalan: amor
• Corsican: amore, amori
• Dalmatian: amaur
• Extremaduran: amol
• French: amour
  • English: amour (borrowed)
• Friulian: amôr
• Galician: amor
• Icelandic: amor (borrowed)
• Istriot: amure
• Italian: amore
• Mirandese: amor
• Leonese: amor
• Norman: amour
• Occitan: amor
• Old Occitan: amor
• Old Portuguese: amor
• Piedmontese: amor
• Portuguese: amor
• Romanian: amor
• Romansch: amur
• Sardinian: amore, amori, more
• Sicilian: amuri
• Spanish: amor
• Venetian: amor

Etymology 2

Inflected form of amō (“I love”).

Verb

amor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of amō

Verb

amem

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of amō

Verb

amer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of amō

References

• 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
• amor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• amor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• 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)
    
• 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

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• amour (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan amor, from Latin amor, amōrem.

Noun

amor m (plural amors)

1. love

Related terms

• amorós
• enamorar
• enamorat

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Old French

Alternative forms

• amur

Etymology

From Latin amor, amōrem.

Noun

amor m, f (oblique plural amors, nominative singular amors, nominative plural amor)

1. love

Usage notes

• 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

• French: amour
• Norman: amour

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin amor, amōrem.

Noun

amor m (oblique plural amors, nominative singular amors, nominative plural amor)

1. love
   • c. 1160, Raimbaut d'Aurenga, vers:

     Assatz sai d’amor ben parlar [...].

     Well I know how to speak of love.

Descendants

• Catalan: amor
• Occitan: amor

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin amor (“love”), amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmoɾ/

Noun

amor m

1. 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.

Descendants

• Galician: amor
• Portuguese: amor

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈmoɾ/, /a.ˈmox/, /a.ˈmoh/, /a.ˈmoɻ/, /a.ˈmo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈmoɾ/
• Hyphenation: a‧mor
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

1. 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

2. honey (term of affection)

   Amor, cheguei.

   Honey, I'm home.

Synonyms

• (honey): querido

Antonyms

• (love): desamor, ódio

Derived terms

• desamor
• mor
• mô

Related terms

• amador
• amante
• amar
• Amor

Anagrams

• Roma, roma

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amor, borrowed from French amour, borrowed from Italian amore.

Noun

amor n (plural amoruri)

1. love

Declension

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

• iubire
• dragoste

Further reading

• amor in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018

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Spanish

Spanish phrasebook

This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on usefulness, simplicity and commonness.

Etymology

From Latin amōrem, singular accusative of amor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmoɾ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

1. love
   • Antonym: desamor
2. love affair

Derived terms

• (diminutive): amorcillo, amorcito
• amorío
• amoroso
• desamor
• enamorar

Anagrams

• armo
• armó
• maro

• mora
• Omar

• ramo
• roma
• Roma

References

• “amor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.