amour

noun

ə-ˈmu̇r

ä-,

: a usually illicit love affair

wrote of his amours in his memoirs

also : lover

Example Sentences

memoirs devoted to accounts of his amours in her memoirs the diva candidly recalls her amours with some of opera's best-known tenors and baritones

Recent Examples on the Web On one level this is a tale about an amour fou with a dress.

Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue, 11 July 2022 Wearing a bold floral print dress, Clarkson flawlessly captured the track’s come hither arrangement and Morris’ ready-for-amour vibe.

Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 June 2022 Perhaps best known on television for playing Marcia Roy in Succession, Abbass recently appeared in Blade Runner 2049 and Gaza mon amour.

Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022 Emily in Paris has rekindled an amour fou with French style.

Irene Kim, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2021 Yet Sebastian, the new amour, is no paragon of virtue or charm.

Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2021 The villa was the site of a number of high-profile Medici weddings, including that of Francesco de’ Medici, a grand duke of Tuscany, who married his long-time amour, Bianca Cappello, here; their romance was the talk of 16th-century Florence.

Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021 Williams compared his departure to being dumped by a longtime girlfriend, and in that regard, his new amour is like his ex's good friend.

Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2021 Your language of love is French: There really is something about amour and French food.

Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English amour, amoure "affection, love between the sexes, spiritual love," borrowed from Anglo-French amur, amour, ameur (also continental Old French), going back to Latin amōr-, amor "affection, liking, love, sexual passion, illicit or homosexual passion," from am-, base of amāre "to have affection for, love, be in love, make love to" + -ōr-, -or, abstract noun suffix (going back to *-ōs) — more at amateur

Note: The regular outcome of Latin amor in modern French should be *ameur, not amour, and the discrepancy has been explained in a number of ways: as re-formation after the adjective amoureux "amorous"; as due to the influence of Anglo-French; as the outcome of -ō- in the dialect of medieval eastern Champagne, a significant courtly center; as a semantic split, ameur being restricted to the sense "rutting season of ungulates"; as due to the influence of ecclesiastical Latin. Probably the most popular hypothesis sees amour as a borrowing from Old Occitan, due to the influence of troubador verse. — Both the current modern meanings and the English pronunciation with stress on the second syllable are presumably due to reborrowing from French.

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

amour

noun

as in affaire

a brief romantic relationship in her memoirs the diva candidly recalls her amours with some of opera's best-known tenors and baritones

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单词	amour
释义	amour noun ə-ˈmu̇r ä-, a- : a usually illicit love affair wrote of his amours in his memoirs also : lover Synonyms affair affaire fling love love affair romance See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences memoirs devoted to accounts of his amours in her memoirs the diva candidly recalls her amours with some of opera's best-known tenors and baritones Recent Examples on the Web On one level this is a tale about an amour fou with a dress. Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue, 11 July 2022 Wearing a bold floral print dress, Clarkson flawlessly captured the track’s come hither arrangement and Morris’ ready-for-amour vibe. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 June 2022 Perhaps best known on television for playing Marcia Roy in Succession, Abbass recently appeared in Blade Runner 2049 and Gaza mon amour. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022 Emily in Paris has rekindled an amour fou with French style. Irene Kim, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2021 Yet Sebastian, the new amour, is no paragon of virtue or charm. Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2021 The villa was the site of a number of high-profile Medici weddings, including that of Francesco de’ Medici, a grand duke of Tuscany, who married his long-time amour, Bianca Cappello, here; their romance was the talk of 16th-century Florence. Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021 Williams compared his departure to being dumped by a longtime girlfriend, and in that regard, his new amour is like his ex's good friend. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2021 Your language of love is French: There really is something about amour and French food. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2021 See More Word History Etymology Middle English amour, amoure "affection, love between the sexes, spiritual love," borrowed from Anglo-French amur, amour, ameur (also continental Old French), going back to Latin amōr-, amor "affection, liking, love, sexual passion, illicit or homosexual passion," from am-, base of amāre "to have affection for, love, be in love, make love to" + -ōr-, -or, abstract noun suffix (going back to -ōs) — more at amateur Note: The regular outcome of Latin amor* in modern French should be ameur, not amour,* and the discrepancy has been explained in a number of ways: as re-formation after the adjective amoureux "amorous"; as due to the influence of Anglo-French; as the outcome of -ō- in the dialect of medieval eastern Champagne, a significant courtly center; as a semantic split, ameur being restricted to the sense "rutting season of ungulates"; as due to the influence of ecclesiastical Latin. Probably the most popular hypothesis sees amour as a borrowing from Old Occitan, due to the influence of troubador verse. — Both the current modern meanings and the English pronunciation with stress on the second syllable are presumably due to reborrowing from French. First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing amour amour propre amour propre amour noun as in affaire a brief romantic relationship in her memoirs the diva candidly recalls her amours with some of opera's best-known tenors and baritones Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance affaire affair fling romance love love affair infatuation liaison dalliance intrigue flirtation attachment entanglement hanky-panky passion puppy love idyll idyl calf-love Phrases Containing amour amour propre amour propre
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amour

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