amour

== English == === Alternative forms === amor (archaic) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English amour, from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor. The modern pronunciation is due to continual French influence; the expected pronunciation would be /ˈæmə(ɹ)/; compare enamour, enamoured. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈmʊə/, /aˈmʊə/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈmʊɹ/, /ɑˈmʊɹ/, /-ˈmoɹ/ Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Hyphenation: a‧mour === Noun === amour (countable and uncountable, plural amours) Courtship; flirtation. A love affair. A lover. (obsolete) Love, affection. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === Morua, Omura == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor. The regular phonetic development would be ameur, attested in Old French (compare Picard anmeur). There has probably been an influence from Old Occitan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.muʁ/ Rhymes: -uʁ Homophone: amours === Noun === amour m or f (plural amours) love 1688, Guy Miège, French-English dictionary: ==== Usage notes ==== Conventionally, amour is grammatically masculine in the singular, but feminine in the plural; the same applies to délice and orgue. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “amour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === amoure, amur === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor. Sense 3 could be due to the influence of Middle French ameur (“lover”), from Old French ameor, from Latin amātor, but may instead be a semantic development from the first two senses; compare love (“love, lover”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈmuːr/, /ˈamur/ === Noun === amour (plural amours) love, affection (rare) friendliness, amicability (rare) lover, paramour ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: amour, amor (archaic) Middle Scots: amour ==== References ==== “amǒur, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “amǒur, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French amor, from Latin amor. === Noun === amour m (plural amours) love ==== Descendants ==== French: amour → Middle English: amour, amoure, amurEnglish: amour, amor (archaic)Middle Scots: amour == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French amor, from Latin amor. === Noun === amour m (plural amours) (Jersey) love