amoureux
See also: Amoureux
English edit
Etymology edit
From the French. Doublet of amoroso and amorous.
Noun edit
amoureux (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 edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
amoureux (feminine amoureuse, masculine plural amoureux, feminine plural amoureuses)
- in love
- Je suis amoureux de toi
- I'm in love with you
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → German: amourös
Noun edit
amoureux 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 edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French amoreus.
Adjective edit
amoureux m (feminine singular amoureuse, masculine plural amoureux, feminine plural amoureuses)