amore

See also: Amore

Italian

Etymology

From Latin amor, amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmoː.re/

• Audio (l'amore)

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• Audio (amore)

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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

• amare
• amoreggiare
• amorevole
• amorino
• amoroso
• disinnamorarsi
• fare l'amore
• innamorarsi

 

Descendants

• → Greek: αμόρε (amóre)

Further reading

• amore in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• amore in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• amore in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• amore in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• amore in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• amore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Eramo, Morea, Ormea, 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-West Germanic *amaʀā.

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