loving

See also: Loving

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lovynge, lovyng (“love”), from Old English lufung; equivalent to love +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌvɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌvɪŋ

Noun

loving (usually uncountable, plural lovings)

1. The action of the verb to love.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 132, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     all natural lovings and longings

Adjective

loving (comparative lovinger or more loving, superlative lovingest or most loving)

1. Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

   his loving wife

Synonyms

• adoring
• affectionate
• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

Derived terms

• lovingly

Translations

expressing a large amount of love

• Arabic: مُحِبّ (ar) (muḥibb), وَدُود (wadūd)
• Armenian: սիրող (hy) (siroġ)
• Catalan: amorós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爱心 (zh) (àixīn), 愛心 / 爱心 (zh) (àixīn)

• Czech: milující
• Esperanto: ama (eo), amema, amplena
• Finnish: rakastava (fi)
• French: aimant (fr)
• Galician: amoroso
• Georgian: მოსიყვარულე (mosiq̇varule)
• German: liebend (de)
• Greek: στοργικός (el) (storgikós)
• Hungarian: szerető (hu)
• Irish: grámhar, cionmhar, ceanúil, armacach, muirneach
• Italian: amoroso (it), amorevole (it)
• Japanese: 愛する (ja) (あいする, ai-suru)
• Maori: mateoha
• Polish: kochający m, kochająca f, kochające n
• Portuguese: amoroso (pt)
• Russian: лю́бящий (ru) (ljúbjaščij), любвеобильный (ru) (ljubveobilʹnyj)
• Spanish: cariñoso (es), amoroso (es), querendón (es)
• Swedish: kärleksfull (sv), öm (sv)
• Ukrainian: люблячий (ljubljačyj)

Verb

loving

1. present participle and gerund of love

Derived terms

terms derived from all parts of speech

• bird-loving
• ever-loving
• fun-loving
• loving cup
• loving-kindness
• loving kindness
• same gender loving
• same-gender-loving
• tender loving care
• water-loving

Anagrams

• voling

Middle English

Noun

loving

1. Alternative form of lovynge (“praise”)