true love

See also: truelove

English

Noun

true love (countable and uncountable, plural true loves)

1. (uncountable) The form of romantic affection that is considered pure and wholly positive, not just based on feelings of lust and sex.

   Some believe that true love doesn't exist.

2. (countable) The unique individual for whom one feels such affection.

   He was my one true love.

3. (countable) A thing for which an individual feels an intense love.

   Cinematography is my only true love.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:true love.

Derived terms

• true-love-knot
• the course of true love never did run smooth

Translations

romantic affection

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真愛／真爱 (zh) (zhēn'ài), 真爱 (zh) (zhēn'ài)

• Finnish: todellinen rakkaus
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• German: wahre Liebe f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

individual

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真愛／真爱 (zh) (zhēn'ài), 真爱 (zh) (zhēn'ài)

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• Finnish: todellinen rakkaus
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

thing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真愛／真爱 (zh) (zhēn'ài), 真爱 (zh) (zhēn'ài)

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• Finnish: todellinen rakkaus
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• revolute