unrequited love

English

unrequited love (uncountable)

Love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired.
- 1912, Eleanor H. Porter, Miss Billy's Decision, ch. 27,
  To her mind, a girl who would tell of the unrequited love of a man for herself, was unspeakably base.

love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired

Armenian: անպատասխան սեր (anpatasxan ser)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 單相思 (zh), 单相思 (zh) (dānxiāngsī), 單戀 (zh), 单恋 (zh) (dānliàn)
Dutch: onbeantwoorde liefde
Finnish: yksipuolinen rakkaus, vastakaiuton rakkaus
French: amour non récompensé m, amour non échangé m, amour non partagé m, amour non-réciproqué m
German: unerwiderte Liebe f
Greek: απλήρωτη αγάπη f (aplíroti agápi)
Hebrew: אהבה נכזבת‎ f (ahaˈva niχˈzevet), אהבה חד־צדדית‎ f (ahaˈva χad t͡sdaˈdit)
Icelandic: óendurgoldin ást f
Italian: amore non corrisposto n

Japanese: 片思い (かたおもい, kataomoi)
Korean: 짝사랑 (jjaksarang)
Latin: amor non reciprocatus m, amoris non reciprocati (genitive)
Maori: mate konehe
Portuguese: amor não correspondido m
Russian: неразделённая любо́вь f (nerazdeljónnaja ljubóvʹ), любо́вь без взаи́мности f (ljubóvʹ bez vzaímnosti), безотве́тная любо́вь f (bezotvétnaja ljubóvʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: gràdh neo-dhìolta m
Spanish: amor no correspondido m
Swedish: obesvarad kärlek c
Turkish: karşılıksız aşk (tr), platonik aşk
Vietnamese: tình yêu đơn phương, tình đơn phương

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