Etymology

Ultimately from LatinCategory:Basque terms derived from Latin#AMORE amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amoɾe/ [a.mo.ɾe]Category:Basque 3-syllable words#AMORECategory:Basque terms with IPA pronunciation#AMORE
• Rhymes: -oɾe, -eCategory:Rhymes:Basque/oɾe#AMORECategory:Rhymes:Basque/oɾe/3 syllables#AMORECategory:Rhymes:Basque/e#AMORECategory:Rhymes:Basque/e/3 syllables#AMORE
• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧re

Noun

amore inanCategory:Basque lemmas#AMORECategory:Basque nouns#AMORECategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#AMORECategory:Basque inanimate nouns#AMORECategory:Pages with entries#AMORECategory:Pages with 5 entries#AMORE

1. (rareCategory:Basque terms with rare senses#AMORE) love, affection

   Synonyms: maitasun, amodio

Further reading

• “amore”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “amore”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#AMORECategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#AMORE amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmo.re/^[1]Category:Italian 3-syllable words#AMORECategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#AMORE

• Audio (l'amore):

  (file)

  Category:Italian terms with audio pronunciation#AMORE

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Italian terms with audio pronunciation#AMORE
• Homophone: AmoreCategory:Italian terms with homophones#AMORE
• Rhymes: -oreCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ore#AMORECategory:Rhymes:Italian/ore/3 syllables#AMORE
• Hyphenation: a‧mó‧re

Noun

amore m (countable and uncountable, plural amori)Category:Italian lemmas#AMORECategory:Italian nouns#AMORECategory:Italian uncountable nouns#AMORECategory:Italian countable nouns#AMORECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#AMORECategory:Italian masculine nouns#AMORECategory:Pages with entries#AMORECategory:Pages with 5 entries#AMORE

1. love

   Alternative form: (apocopic) amor

2. (euphemisticCategory:Italian euphemisms#AMORE, uncountableCategory:Italian uncountable nouns#AMORE) sex, sex act
   • 2011, Raphael Gualazzi, “Follia d'amore [Madness of love]”, in Reality and Fantasy:

     Vorrei far l'amore con te.

     I would like to make love to you.

     (literally, “I would like to make the love with you.”)

     Category:Italian terms with quotations#AMORE

References

Further reading

• amore in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• amore in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• amore in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• amore in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• amore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• amore in Treccani.it – Sinonimi e Contrari (2003), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• amore in Treccani.it – Thesaurus (2018), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• amore in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Eramo, Morea, Ormea, amerò

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈmoː.rɛ]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#AMORECategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#AMORE
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈmɔː.re]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#AMORECategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#AMORE

Noun

amōreCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#AMORECategory:Latin noun forms#AMORECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#AMORECategory:Pages with entries#AMORECategory:Pages with 5 entries#AMORE

1. ablative singular of amor
   • c. 29 bc, Publius Vergilius Maro, Georgicon, III.285

     fvgit inreparabile tempvs
     singvla dvm capti circvmvectamvr amore

     Irretrievable time flies away while, enthralled by love, we are carried about from one thing to another.

Etymology

From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#AMORE *amaʀā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.mo.re/Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#AMORE

Noun

amore fCategory:Old English lemmas#AMORECategory:Old English nouns#AMORECategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#AMORECategory:Old English feminine nouns#AMORECategory:Pages with entries#AMORECategory:Pages with 5 entries#AMORE

1. a kind of bird, probably the ammer

Etymology

Borrowed from ItalianCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Italian#AMORECategory:Portuguese terms derived from Italian#AMORE amore. Doublet of amorCategory:Portuguese doublets#AMORE.

Pronunciation

Noun

amore m or f (plural amores)Category:Portuguese lemmas#AMORECategory:Portuguese nouns#AMORECategory:Portuguese countable nouns#AMORECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#AMORECategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#AMORECategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#AMORECategory:Portuguese nouns with multiple genders#AMORECategory:Pages with entries#AMORECategory:Pages with 5 entries#AMORE

1. (colloquialCategory:Portuguese colloquialisms#AMORE, as a term of address) love, sweetie, darling

   Bom dia, amore.

   Good morning, love.

   Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#AMORE

Further reading

• “amore”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026