loved

See also: lovèd

English

Etymology

From Middle English loved, luvd, from Old English lufode, first and third person singular past indicative of lufian; and Middle English loved, iloved, from Old English ġelufod, past participle of lufian; both equivalent to love +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʌvd/

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• Rhymes: -ʌvd

Verb

loved

1. simple past and past participle of love

Adjective

loved (comparative more loved, superlative most loved)

1. Being the object of love.
   • 1997, Charlie W. Shedd, How to Make People Really Feel Loved: And Other Life-Giving Observations, Vine Books, →ISBN:
   • 1999, Valerie Grove, Laurie Lee: The Well-Loved Stranger, Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN:

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:beloved

Derived terms

• loved one
• loved up
• loved-up
• well loved
• well-loved

Translations

being the object of love

• Abkhaz: бзиа избоз (bzja izboz)
• Albanian: i dashuruar (sq)
• Arabic: مَحْبُوب (maḥbūb)
• Bashkir: яратҡан (yaratqan)
• Chuvash: юратнӑ (juratnă)
• Finnish: rakastettu (fi)
• French: aimé (fr), adoré (fr)
• German: geliebt (de)
• Hebrew: אהוב (ahúv)
• Hungarian: szeretett (hu), (more commonly) szeretve
• Japanese: 愛され
• Kazakh: сүйген (süigen)
• Latvian: mīlēja
• Lithuanian: mylėjo (lt)
• Plautdietsch: beleeft
• Portuguese: amado (pt)
• Romanian: iubit (ro), drag (ro), scump (ro)
• Russian: люби́мый (ru) (ljubímyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: voljen (sh)
• Spanish: amado (es)
• Tajik: дӯст медошт (düst medošt)

Anagrams

• Dovel, dolve, voled