amuʁø
#659 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
in love
Word origin
From Latin amorosus ('loving, full of love'), from amor ('love'). The same root gives English amorous and, more distantly, amateur.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- amorosus
- English cognates
- amorous, amateur
Grammar
Feminineamoureuse
Masc pluralamoureux
Fem pluralamoureuses
Examples
' .
He fell in love with her at first sight.
follement .
They are madly in love.
collegue.
She is in love with her colleague.
.
The young lovers were holding hands on the bridge.
.
My father remained in love with my mother all his life.
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