amoureux
See also: Amoureux
English
editEtymology
editFrom the French. Doublet of amoroso and amorous.
Noun
editamoureux (plural amoureux)
- 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
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editAdjective
editamoureux (feminine amoureuse, masculine plural amoureux, feminine plural amoureuses)
- in love
- Je suis amoureux de toi
- I'm in love with you
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → German: amourös
Noun
editamoureux m (plural amoureux, feminine amoureuse)
Descendants
edit- → English: amoureux
Further reading
edit- “amoureux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Paronyms
editMiddle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French amoreus.
Adjective
editamoureux m (feminine singular amoureuse, masculine plural amoureux, feminine plural amoureuses)
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