See also: Amoureux

English

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Etymology

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From the French. Doublet of amoroso and amorous.

Noun

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amoureux (plural amoureux)

  1. A lover; a romantic partner.
    • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 78:
      Ogier, thinking it is the Virgin Mary, commences an Ave; but the lady tells him she is Morgue la faye, who at his birth had kissed him, and retained him for her loyal amoureux, though forgotten by him.
    • 1907, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, page 408:
      "Yet your mother," Rowland objected, "told me just now that you say you don't care a button for him." "Very likely! I meant as an amoureux. One does n't want a lover one pities, and one does n't want - of all things in the world - a husband who's a picturesque curiosity."

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French amoureux, from Old French amoreus, amereus, from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (love, noun). Compare English amorous, borrowed from Middle French. Doublet of amoroso, borrowed from Italian.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.mu.ʁø/
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Adjective

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amoureux (feminine amoureuse, masculine plural amoureux, feminine plural amoureuses)

  1. in love
    Je suis amoureux de toi
    I'm in love with you

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  • German: amourös

Noun

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amoureux m (plural amoureux, feminine amoureuse)

  1. lover

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Paronyms

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French amoreus.

Adjective

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amoureux m (feminine singular amoureuse, masculine plural amoureux, feminine plural amoureuses)

  1. in love

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