amour

Etymology

Borrowed from French amour.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈmʊə/, /əˈmɔː/
• (US) IPA^(key): [ɑ.mɔɹ]

Noun

amour (countable and uncountable, plural amours)

1. (obsolete) Love, affection.
2. 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….

3. A love affair.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, London: A[ndrew] Millar, OCLC 928184292:

     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:

     The amours of the greater scaup are, if anything, even more varied.

4. A lover.
   • 2000 December 29, James McManus, “The Winter Casino”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     Makes you wonder how they were able to see their amours, or their hands...

Anagrams

• Morua

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/

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• Rhymes: -uʁ
• Homophone: amours

Noun

amour m (plural amours)

1. love
   • 1931, “J’ai deux amours”, performed by Josephine Baker:

     J’ai deux amours / Mon pays et Paris

   • 2008, Cécile Corbel (lyrics and music), “Where have you been”, in Songbook vol. 3 - renaissance‎ (CD, in English and French), Brittany: Keltia Musique, performed by Cécile Corbel:

     Ô mon Amour
     Mes pensées sont en voyage
     Elles s’enroulent comme un ruban
     O my love I’ve been searching
     But I don’t know how
     To find my way in the world without you

     O my Love
     My thoughts are wandering
     They wind like a ribbon
     O my love I’ve been searching
     But I don’t know how
     To find my way in the world without you

Further reading

• “amour” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old French amor, from Latin amor.

Noun

amour m (plural amours)

1. love

Etymology

From Old French amor, from Latin amor.

Noun

amour m (plural amours)

1. (Jersey) love