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

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /əˈmor/
• (Western) IPA^(key): /aˈmoɾ/
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Etymology

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

Noun

amor m ‎(plural amors)

1. love

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese amor, from Latin amor, amōrem.

Noun

amor m ‎(plural amores)

1. love

Antonyms

• odio

Related terms

• namorar

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Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowing 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

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 French: amour Friulian: amôr Galician: amor

Icelandic: amor (borrowed) Istriot: amure Italian: amore Norman: amour Old Portuguese: amor Old Provençal: 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

References

• amor in Charlton T. Lewis & 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 Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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 Provençal 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

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 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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Old Provençal

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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Portuguese

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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/
• (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

Related terms

• amador
• amante
• amar
• Amor

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin amor, borrowing from French amour, borrowing 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

External links

• amor in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2016

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ˈmo̞ɾ],

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• See also: horma

Etymology

From Latin amōrem, singular accusative of amor.

Noun

amor m ‎(plural amores)

1. love
2. love affair

Derived terms

• amorío
• amoroso
• enamorar

Anagrams

armo armó maro

mora Omar

ramo roma Roma

References

• “amor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.