amor

Etymology

From Latin amor, amōre.

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

1. love

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

Further reading

• “amor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Spanish amor (“love”).

Noun

amor

1. love

Etymology

From Old Portuguese amor, from Latin amor, amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈmoɾ]

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

1. love

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amor.

Noun

amor m (genitive singular amors, no plural)

1. (rare) love

Etymology

From Latin amor.

Noun

amor

1. love

Noun

amor m (invariable)

1. Apocopic form of amore

Anagrams

• armo, armò
• mora
• orma
• ramo, ramò
• Roma

Noun

amor m (Latin spelling)

1. love

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mor/

Etymology 1

From amō (“I love”) +‎ -or.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of amō (“I love”).

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

Alternative forms

• amour (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan amor, from Latin amor, amōrem.

Noun

amor m (plural amors)

1. love

Alternative forms

• amur

Etymology

From Latin amor, amōrem.

Noun

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

1. love

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.

Etymology

From Latin amor (“love”), amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmoɾ/

Noun

amor m

1. love
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 80 (facsimile):

     De graça chẽa e damor / de deus acorre nos ſennor.

     (Our) Lady, full of grace and of God's love, come to our aid.

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
   • 1607, Luís Vaz de Camões, Rimas, Amor é fogo que arde sem se ver:

     Amor he hum fogo que arde ſem ſe ver

     Love is a fire that burns but is not seen

2. honey (term of affection)

   Amor, cheguei.

   Honey, I'm home.

Anagrams

• Roma, roma

Etymology

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

Noun

amor n (plural amoruri)

1. love

Further reading

• amor in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018

Etymology

From Latin amōrem, singular accusative of amor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmoɾ/

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• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

amor m (plural amores)

1. love
   • Antonym: desamor
2. love affair

Anagrams