amor

See also: Amor and amôr

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin amor, amōre.

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

  1. love

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əˈmo/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əˈmor/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /aˈmoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

amor m (plural amors)

  1. love
    Antonym: odi

Derived terms

Further reading


Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish amor (love).

Noun

amor

  1. love

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese amor, from Latin amor, amōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈmoɾ]

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

  1. love

Antonyms


Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amor.

Noun

amor m (genitive singular amors, no plural)

  1. (rare) love

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • amorslegur

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin amor.

Noun

amor

  1. love

Italian

Noun

amor m (invariable)

  1. Apocopic form of amore

Anagrams


Ladino

Noun

amor m (Latin spelling)

  1. love

Latin

Pronunciation

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

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 and 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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

Leonese

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

  1. love

References


Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan amor, from Latin amor, amōrem.

Noun

amor m (plural amors)

  1. love

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin amor, amōrem.

Noun

amor m or f (oblique plural amors, nominative singular amors, nominative plural amor)

  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


Old Occitan

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


Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin amor (love), amōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmoɾ/

Noun

amor m

  1. love

Descendants


Portuguese

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/, /a.ˈmo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈmoɾ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mor
  • Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

  1. love
  2. (figuratively) honey (term of affection)
    Amor, cheguei.
    Honey, I'm home.
  3. (figuratively) a kind or humble person
    Ele é um amor.
    He is a lovely person.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Anagrams


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amor, borrowed from French amour, borrowed from Italian amore.

Noun

amor n (plural amoruri)

  1. love

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin amōrem, singular accusative of amor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmoɾ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

  1. love
    Antonyms: odio, desamor
  2. love affair

Derived terms

Anagrams

References

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