Definitions for amour
əˈmʊəramour

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amournoun

   a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. amournoun

   A love affair.

2. amournoun

   A lover.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Amournoun

   An affair of gallantry; an intrigue: generally used of vicious love. The ou sounds like oo in poor.

   Etymology: amour, Fr. amor, Lat.

   No man is of so general and diffusive a lust, as to prosecute his amours all the world over; and let it burn never so outrageously, yet the impure flame will either die of itself, or consume the body that harbours it. Robert South, Sermons.

   The restless youth search’d all the world around;
   But how can Jove in his amours be found? Joseph Addison, Ovid’s Metam.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Amournoun

   love; affection

2. Amournoun

   love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair

3. Etymology: [F., fr. L. amor love.]

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1. Amour

   Amour is a musical fantasy with an English book by Jeremy Sams, music by Michel Legrand, and lyrics by Didier Van Cauwelaert, who wrote the original French libretto. The musical is adapted from the 1943 short story Le Passe-Muraille by Marcel Aymé and set in Paris shortly after World War II. It centers on a shy, unassuming clerk who develops the ability to walk through walls, and who challenges himself to stick to his moral center and change others' lives, and his own, as a result.

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1. Amour

   am-ōōr′, n. a love intrigue, or illicit affection: a love affair (humorously only, for the old innocent sense is now obsolete).—n. Amourette′, a petty love affair: the love-grass, or quaking-grass: a cupid.—Amour propre, self-esteem ready to take offence at slights. [Fr.—L. amor, love.]

Matched Categories

1. • Sexual Relationship

How to pronounce amour?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say amour in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of amour in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of amour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of amour in a Sentence

1. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Mystery of love is like digging water: everything closes. (Mystère de l'amour est comme - Creuser l'eau : tout se referme)

2. Charles de LEUSSE:

   One kiss, two lips. One love, two bodies. (Un baiser, ce sont deux lèvres. - Un amour, ce sont deux corps.)

3. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The water caresses in the glass, like love in the body. (L'eau caresse dans le verre, Comme l'amour dans le corps)

4. Aphra Behn:

   Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour

5. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Love is tears of joy, It’s the baptism of fingers. (L'amour, c'est larme de joie, C'est le baptême des doigts)

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