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[ English
[ Etymology
Old English lufu (noun), lufian (verb), from Proto-Germanic *lubo, from Proto-Indo-European *leubh-.
As a zero score in tennis, “love” derives from French l’œuf (“‘the egg’”).
[ Pronunciation
[ Noun
love (countable and uncountable; plural loves)
- (uncountable) An intense feeling of affection and care towards another person.
- A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
- (uncountable) A deep or abiding liking for something.
- My love of cricket knows no bounds.
- (uncountable) A profound and caring attraction towards someone.
- Your love is the most important thing in my life.
- (uncountable) A condition in which the happiness of another is essential to one's own happiness. (Paraphrased from a definition offered by Robert A. Heinlein, in Stranger in a Strange Land, 1961)
- (countable) The object of one’s romantic feelings; a darling or sweetheart
- I met my love by thee gasworks wall.
- (colloquial) A term of address, regardless of feelings.
- Hello, love, how can I help you?
- (racquet sports) zero, no score.
- So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.
[ Synonyms
[ Antonyms
[ Translations
strong affection
- Afrikaans: liefde
- Albanian: dashuri sq(sq) f.
- Arabic: حُبّ (ħubb), مَحَبّة (maħabba)
- Armenian: սեր (ser)
- Bosnian: ljubav bs(bs) f.
- Breton: karantez f.
- Catalan: amor m.
- Cebuano: gugma
- Chinese:
- Simplified: 爱 (ài), 爱情 (àiqíng)
- Traditional: 愛, 愛情
- Chuvash: юрату
- Croatian: ljubav hr(hr) f.
- Czech: láska cs(cs) f.
- Danish: kærlighed da(da)
- Dutch: liefde nl(nl) f.
- Esperanto: amo eo(eo)
- Estonian: armastus et(et)
- Ewe: lɔlɔ̃
- Finnish: rakkaus fi(fi)
- French: amour ^ m.
- German: Liebe ^ f. Zuneigung ^ f.
- Greek: αγάπη el(el) (agápi)
- Hawaiian: aloha
- Hebrew: אהבה (he) (ahavá) f.
- Hindi: प्यार (pyār) m., प्रेम (prem) m., इश्क़ (išq) m., मुहब्बत (muhabbat) f.
- Hungarian: szeretet hu(hu)
- Icelandic: elska is(is), ást is(is)
- Indonesian: cinta (of someone), suka (of something)
- Interlingua: amor
- Irish: grá ga(ga) m.
- Italian: amore it(it) m.
- Japanese: 愛 (あい, ai), 愛情 (あいじょう, aijō)
- Khmer: សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ (saych-gday sraluñ)
- Korean: 사랑 (sarang), 애정 (aejeong)
- Kyrgyz: сүйүү (süyüü), макаббат (maqabbat)
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- Latin: amor la(la) m., caritas la(la) f.
- Latvian: mīlestība lv(lv) f., mīla lv(lv) f.
- Lithuanian: meilė lt(lt)
- Luxembourgish: Léift
- Maori: aroha mi(mi)
- Norwegian: kjærlighet no(no)
- Novial: amo
- Old Prussian: mīli
- Persian: عشق (eshq), مهر (mehr)
- Polish: miłość pl(pl) f.
- Portuguese: amor pt(pt)
- Romanian: iubire ro(ro), dragoste ro(ro), amor ro(ro)
- Russian: любовь ru(ru) (ljubóv’) f.
- Samoan: alofa sm(sm)
- Scottish Gaelic: gràdh m., spèis f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: љубав f.
- Roman: ljubav f.
- Slovak: láska sk(sk) f.
- Slovene: ljubezen sl(sl) f.
- Spanish: amor es(es) m.
- Swedish: kärlek sv(sv) c.
- Tagalog: pag-ibig; pagmamahal, higugma (Ilonggo)
- Tamil: காதல் (Kadhal) (sexual love between a man and a woman), அன்பு, பாசம்
- Tatar:
- Cyrillic: ярату
- Roman: yaratu
- Telugu: ప్రేమ (prEma)
- Thai: ความรัก (khwamrak)
- Turkish: sevgi tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: кохання (kokhannja), любов (ljubov)
- Urdu: محبت (muhabbat) f., عشق ('išq) m., پیار (pyār) m.
- Uzbek: sevgi, muhabbat
- Vietnamese: tình yêu vi(vi)
- Welsh: cariad cy(cy) m.
- West Frisian: leafde
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romantic feelings
- Albanian: dashuri sq(sq) f.
- Arabic: (ħabib)
- Armenian: սեր (ser)
- Basque: maitea f.
- Bosnian: ljubav bs(bs) f.
- Breton: karantez f.
- Catalan: amor m.
- Cebuano: paghigugma
- Chinese:
- Simplified: 恋 (liàn), 爱恋 (ài liàn}, 恋爱 (liàn ài}
- Traditional: 戀, 愛戀, 戀愛
- Croatian: ljubav hr(hr) f.
- Czech: láska cs(cs) f.
- Danish: kærlighed da(da), romantik da(da)
- Dutch: liefde nl(nl) f.
- Esperanto: amo eo(eo)
- Estonian: armastus et(et)
- Ewe: lɔlɔ̃
- Finnish: romantiikka, lempi (physical or poetic), rakkaus
- French: amour fr(fr) m.
- German: Liebe de(de) f.
- Hebrew: אהבה (he) (ahavá) f.
- Hungarian: szerelem hu(hu)
- Icelandic: elska is(is)
- Interlingua: amor
- Irish: grá ga(ga) m.
- Italian: amore it(it) m.
- Japanese: 恋 (こい, koi), 恋愛 (れんあい, ren’ai)
- Kabyle: tayri (θeɪɹi)
- Khmer: សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ (saych-gday sraluñ)
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darling or sweetheart
- Albanian: dashur (i/e)
- Arabic: حَبيبي (ħabibiyy)
- Armenian: սեր (ser)
- Basque: laztana f.
- Breton: karantez, karantezig
- Cebuano: hinigugma
- Traditional: 情人, 戀人, 親愛的, 寶貝, 甜心
- Chinese:
- Simplified: 情人 (qíngrén), 恋人 (liànrén), 亲爱的 (qīn’ài de), 宝贝 (bǎo bèi), 甜心 (tiánxīn)
- Czech: lásko cs(cs) f.
- Danish: skat, søde, elskede
- Dutch: schat nl(nl)
- Esperanto: amato eo(eo)
- Ewe: lɔlɔ̃
- Finnish: rakas fi(fi), kulta fi(fi)
- French: amour fr(fr) m.
- German: Liebe f., Liebling m., Liebes, Lieber, Schatz m.
- Hebrew: אהוב (he) (ahúv) m., אהובה (he) (ahuvá) f.
- Irish: rún ga(ga) m., grá ga(ga) m.
- Italian: amore it(it) m.
- Japanese: 恋人 (こいびと, koibito)
- Korean: 연인 (yeon-in) 자기 (jagi: colloquial)
- Kyrgyz: жан (žan)
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