amour
See also: Amour
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
amour (countable and uncountable, plural amours)
- (obsolete) Love, affection.
- Courtship; flirtation.
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 75:
- Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all – and yet there's something in that voice of hers….
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 75:
- A love affair.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- Jones had mentioned the fact of his amour, and of his being the rival of Blifil, but had cautiously concealed the name of the young lady.
- 1990 October 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- The amours of the greater scaup are, if anything, even more varied.
- A lover.
- 2000 December 29, James McManus, “The Winter Casino”, in Chicago Reader[2]:
- Makes you wonder how they were able to see their amours, or their hands...
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor. The regular phonetic development would be ameur, attested in Old French; there has probably been an influence from Old Occitan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.muʁ/
,Audio (France, Paris): (file) Audio (France, Paris): (file) - Rhymes: -uʁ
- Homophone: amours
Noun
amour m or f (plural amours)
- love
- 1931, “J’ai deux amours”, performed by Josephine Baker:
- J’ai deux amours / Mon pays et Paris
- I have two loves / My country and Paris
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Usage notes
- Though masculine when singular, the word amour is feminine when plural in the literary language; the same applies to délice and orgue.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “amour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French amor, from Latin amor.
Noun
amour m (plural amours)
Descendants
- French: amour
Norman
Etymology
From Old French amor, from Latin amor.
Noun
amour m (plural amours)
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