amore

See also: Amore and amoré

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amoɾe/ [a.mo.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -oɾe, -e
• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧re

Noun

amore inan

1. (rare) love, affection

   Synonyms: maitasun, amodio

Usage notes

• In modern usage this term is almost exclusively found as part of the verb amore eman (“to give up”) and related terms.

Declension

Declension of amore (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	amore	amorea	amoreak	amoreok
ergative	amorek	amoreak	amoreek	amoreok
dative	amoreri	amoreari	amoreei	amoreoi
genitive	amoreren	amorearen	amoreen	amoreon
comitative	amorerekin	amorearekin	amoreekin	amoreokin
causative	amorerengatik	amorearengatik	amoreengatik	amoreongatik
benefactive	amorerentzat	amorearentzat	amoreentzat	amoreontzat
instrumental	amorez	amoreaz	amoreez	amoreotaz
inessive	amoretan	amorean	amoreetan	amoreotan
locative	amoretako	amoreko	amoreetako	amoreotako
allative	amoretara	amorera	amoreetara	amoreotara
terminative	amoretaraino	amoreraino	amoreetaraino	amoreotaraino
directive	amoretarantz	amorerantz	amoreetarantz	amoreotarantz
destinative	amoretarako	amorerako	amoreetarako	amoreotarako
ablative	amoretatik	amoretik	amoreetatik	amoreotatik
partitive	amorerik	—	—	—
prolative	amoretzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• amore egin (“to give up”)
• amore eman (“to give up”)
• amoreagatik (“in name of”)
• amorearren
• amoretsu (“good-hearted”)
• amorez
• amorezko

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

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmo.re/

• Audio (l'amore):

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• Homophone: Amore
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: a‧mó‧re

Noun

amore m (countable and uncountable, plural amori)

1. love

   Alternative form: (apocopic) amor

2. (euphemistic, uncountable) 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.”)

Related terms

• amare
• amoreggiare
• amorevole
• amorino
• amoroso
• disinnamorarsi
• fare l'amore
• innamorarsi

Descendants

• → Greek: αμόρε (amóre)
• → Portuguese: amore

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈmoː.rɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈmɔː.re]

Noun

amōre

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.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *amaʀā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.mo.re/
• Rhymes: -ɑ.mo.re

Noun

amore f

1. a kind of bird, probably the ammer

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	amore	amoran
accusative	amoran	amoran
genitive	amoran	amorena
dative	amoran	amorum

Related terms

• clodhamer
• emer/omer
• ōsle

Descendants

• Middle English: *amere, *amre, *ambre
  • English: ammer
  • ⇒ Middle English: *yelwamre, *yelambre, *yelwambre
    • ⇒ English: yelambre, yelamber, yellowhammer

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian amore. Doublet of amor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmo.ɾɨ/

Noun

amore m or f (plural amores)

1. (colloquial, as a term of address) love, sweetie, darling

   Bom dia, amore.

   Good morning, love.

Further reading

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