amore

See also: Amore

Italian

Etymology

From Latin amor, amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmo.re/, [äˈmoːre]

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• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: a‧mó‧re

Noun

amore m (plural amori)

1. love

   Follia d'amore ― Madness of love

   Vorrei far l'amore con te. ― I would like to make love to you.

Related terms

Related terms

• amare
• amoreggiare

• amorevole
• amorino

• amoroso
• innamorarsi

• disinnamorarsi
• fare l'amore

Descendants

• Greek: αμόρε n (amóre)

Anagrams

• amerò

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Latin

Noun

amōre

1. ablative singular of amor
   • c. 29 bc, Publius Vergilius Maro, Georgicon, III.285

     fvgit inreparabile tempvs
     singvla dvm capti circvmvectamvr amore

     Irretrievable time flies away while, enthralled by love, we are carried about from one thing to another.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *amazô, related to Proto-Germanic *amslǭ (whence Old English ōsle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.mo.re/

Noun

amore f

1. a kind of bird, probably the ammer

Declension

Declension of amore (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	amore	amoran
accusative	amoran	amoran
genitive	amoran	amorena
dative	amoran	amorum

Related terms

• clodhamer
• emer/omer
• ōsle

Descendants

• Middle English: *amere, *amre, *ambre
  • English: *ambre, *amber, ammer
  • ⇒ Middle English: *yelwamre, *yelambre, *yelwambre
    • ⇒ English: yelambre, yelamber, yellowhammer