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love
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /l?v/, [??v]
- (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /l?v/
- Rhymes: -?v
Etymology 1
From Middle English love, luve, from Old English lufu, from Proto-Germanic *lub?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“love, care, desire”).
The closing-of-a-letter sense is presumably a truncation of With love or the like.
The verb is from Middle English loven, lovien, from Old English lufian (“to love”), from the noun lufu (“love”), see above.
Eclipsed non-native English amour (“love”), borrowed from French amour (“love”).
Noun
love (countable and uncountable, plural loves)
- (uncountable) Strong affection.
- A profound and caring affection towards someone.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- He on his side / Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love / Hung over her enamoured.
- 2014, S. Hidden, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Mystical Perspectives on the Love of God (?ISBN)
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
- 1864, Utilitarianism Explained and Exemplified in Moral and Political Government:
- The love of your neighbor as yourself, is expressly given as the definition and test of Charity,—not alms-giving—and this love is [...] the highest of all the Divine commands[.]
- 1864, Utilitarianism Explained and Exemplified in Moral and Political Government:
- A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.
- A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.
- 2012, Philip Auerswald, The Coming Prosperity (?ISBN):
- For three decades, the average number of miles driven by US motorists increased steadily. Then, in 2007, that steady climb was suddenly halted. [...] What magic caused Americans to temper their longstanding love of the open road?
- 2012, Philip Auerswald, The Coming Prosperity (?ISBN):
- A profound and caring affection towards someone.
- (countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion
- Open the temple gates unto my love.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2
- O love, dispatch all business, and be gone!
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion
- (colloquial, Commonwealth of Nations) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
- A thing, activity, etc which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.
- 1997 March, "Faces of Today's Black Woman", in Ebony, volume 52, number 5, page 96:
- But it wasn't until [Theresa M. Claiborne] went to ROTC training camp at the University of California at Berkeley that she discovered that flying was her first love. "Pilots talk about getting bit by the flying bug," she says. "I thought, This is heaven."
- 1997 March, "Faces of Today's Black Woman", in Ebony, volume 52, number 5, page 96:
- (euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.
- 2013, Ronald Long, Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods, Routledge (?ISBN), page 3:
- The prospect that their cherished Greeks would have countenanced, much less honored, a love between men that expressed itself carnally, however, was not so easily assimilated.
- 2013, Ronald Long, Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods, Routledge (?ISBN), page 3:
- (euphemistic) Sexual activity.
- 1986, Ben Elton & al., Blackadder II, "Bells":
- —What think you, my lord, of... love?
- —You mean ‘rumpy-pumpy’.
- 1986, Ben Elton & al., Blackadder II, "Bells":
- An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.
- 2014, E. L. Todd, Then Came Absolution (?ISBN):
- Maybe it was just a summer love, something with no future.
- 2014, E. L. Todd, Then Came Absolution (?ISBN):
- Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.
- Alternative letter-case form of Love (“personification of love”).
- c. 1810,, Samuel Johnson (in The Works of Samuel Johnson):
- At busy hearts in vain love's arrows fly; [...]
- c. 1810,, Samuel Johnson (in The Works of Samuel Johnson):
- (obsolete) A thin silk material.
- 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours, […]
- Such a kind of transparency, as that of a Sive, a piece of Cyprus, or a Love-Hood.
- 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours, […]
- A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.
Synonyms
- (darling, sweetheart): baby, darling, lover, pet, sweetheart, honey, love bird; see also Thesaurus:sweetheart
- (term of address): mate, lover, darling, sweetie, sweetheart; see also Thesaurus:lover
- (sexual desire): aphrodisia, carnality; see also Thesaurus:lust
- (sexual activity): coitus, sex, the beast with two backs; see also Thesaurus:copulation
- (instance of being in love): romance
Antonyms
- (strong affection): hate, hatred, angst; malice, spite
- (absence of love): indifference
Translations
See love/translations § Noun.
Verb
love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)
- (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI
- I wanted to take her in my arms and tell her how I loved her, and had taken her hand from the rail and started to draw her toward me when Olson came blundering up on deck with his bedding.
- 2013 February 26, Pink and Nate Ruess, Just Give Me a Reason:
- Just give me a reason, / just a little bit's enough, / just a second we're not broken, just bent / and we can learn to love again.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI
- (transitive) To need, thrive on.
- (transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
- (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
- John 3:16
- For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- Matthew: 22:37-38
- You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and your whole mind, and your whole soul; you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
- John 3:16
- (transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with (perhaps from make love).
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (have a strong affection for): adore, cherish; see also Thesaurus:love
- (have sexual intercourse with): enjoy, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Antonyms
- hate, despise
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See love/translations § Verb.
See also
- charity
Etymology 2
From Middle English loven, lovien, from Old English lofian (“to praise, exalt, appraise, value”), from Proto-Germanic *lub?n? (“to praise, vow”), from *lub? (“praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“to like, love, desire”), *lewb?-.
Verb
love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)
- (transitive, obsolete or Britain dialectal) To praise; commend.
- (transitive, obsolete or Britain dialectal) To praise as of value; prize; set a price on.
Etymology 3
Said by some to be from the idea that when one does a thing “for love”, that is for no monetary gain, the word “love” implies "nothing". The previously held belief that it originated from the French term l’œuf (“the egg”), due to its shape, is no longer widely accepted, though compare the use of duck (reputed to be short for duck's egg) for a zero score at cricket.
Noun
love (uncountable)
- (racquet sports, billiards) Zero, no score.
- So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.
- 2013, Paul McNamee, Game Changer: My Tennis Life
- The next day Agassi came back from two sets to love down to beat Courier in five sets.
- Nothing; no recompense.
- 1916, H. Rider Haggard, The Ivory Child
- I fought the white man for less than sixpence. I fought him for love, which is nothing at all.
- 1916, H. Rider Haggard, The Ivory Child
Translations
References
- love at OneLook Dictionary Search
- love in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- love in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- levo, levo-, velo-, vole, voël
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?v?/
Etymology
Borrowed from Romani love.
Noun
love f pl
- (slang) money
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- See also prachy
Noun
love m
- vocative singular of lov
Further reading
- love in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l??v?/, [?l????], [?l???]
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German l?ve, from Proto-Germanic *galaubô, cognate with German Glaube.
Noun
love c
- (obsolete) trust, faith
- only in the phrase på tro og love (“solemnly”)
References
- “love,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
From Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *(ga)lub?n?, cognate with Swedish lova (“to promise; to praise”), German loben (“to praise”), geloben (“to vow”), Dutch loven (“to praise”).
Verb
love (past tense lovede, past participle lovet)
- to promise
- (solemn) to praise
Inflection
References
- “love,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “love,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3
See See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
love c
- indefinite plural of lov
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
love
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of loven
Anagrams
- velo, voel
French
Verb
love
- inflection of lover:
- first-person /third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- vélo, vole, volé
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin lupa, feminine of lupus. Compare Venetian lova, French louve.
Pronunciation
Noun
love f (plural lovis)
- she-wolf
Related terms
- lôf
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lo?v?/
Verb
love
- to praise
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Inari Sami
Numeral
love
- ten
Middle Dutch
Noun
l?ve
- dative singular of lof
Middle English
Alternative forms
- luve, lufæ, lufe
Etymology
From Old English lufu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?luv(?)/
Noun
love (plural loves)
- love
Descendants
- English: love
- Scots: luve, lufe
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse lofa.
Verb
love (imperative lov, present tense lover, simple past and past participle lova or lovet, present participle lovende)
- to praise
Verb
love (imperative lov, present tense lover, simple past lova or lovet or lovte or lovde, past participle lova or lovet or lovt or lovd, present participle lovende)
- to promise
- (as an adjective) det lovede land - the Promised Land
Related terms
- løfte
References
- “love” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
love (present tense lovar or lover, past tense lova or lovde, past participle lova or lovt or lovd, present participle lovande, imperative lov)
- Alternative form of lova
Noun
love m (definite singular loven, indefinite plural lovar, definite plural lovane)
- Alternative form of lóve
Anagrams
- vole
Romani
Noun
love
- plural of lovo
- money
Descendants
- ? French: lové
- ? Hungarian: lóvé
- ? Romanian: lovea
- ? Russian: ????? (lav??)
- ? Scots: lowie
- ? Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ?????
- Latin: lóva
- ? Slovak: lóve
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
love (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- vocative singular of lov
Verb
love (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- third-person plural present of loviti
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los
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin illos (“those ones”).
Pronoun
los
- them (masculine direct object)
Synonyms
- es
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin ill?s, from ille.
Article
los m pl (masculine sg el, feminine sg la, neuter sg lo, feminine plural les)
- (definite) the
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Latin ill?s; cf. els.
Pronoun
los (enclitic, contracted 'ls, proclitic els)
- them (masculine, direct or indirect object)
- them (feminine, indirect object only)
Declension
Etymology 2
From Latin ill?s, from ille.
Article
los m pl
- masculine plural of lo
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?los]
- Rhymes: -os
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *?ls?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?el-. Cognate with English elk, German Elch.
Noun
los m anim
- elk (British), moose (U.S.)
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Los, which has unclear origins.
Noun
los m inan
- lottery ticket
Declension
References
Further reading
- los in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- los in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse lauss
Adjective
los
- loose
Noun
los c (singular definite lossen, plural indefinite losser)
- lynx
Inflection
Noun
los n (singular definite losset, plural indefinite los)
- kick
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?s/
- Hyphenation: los
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *lus (a-stem), from Proto-Germanic *lusaz. Cognate with Ripuarian Central Franconian loss, Luxembourgish lass, lues. Related with Dutch loos, the cognate of German los, lose, English loose.
Adjective
los (comparative losser, superlative meest los or lost)
- loose
- separate
Inflection
Derived terms
Verb
los
- first-person singular present indicative of lossen
- imperative of lossen
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-Germanic *luhsuz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, to shine”) or from a substrate language. Cognate with Old Saxon lohs, Old High German luhs, Old English lox, from a similar Germanic form also Swedish lodjur. Cognates outside Germanic include Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx), Lithuanian l?šis, Old Church Slavonic ????? (rus?), Old Irish lug, Old Armenian ?????????? (lusanunk?).
Noun
los m (plural lossen, diminutive losje n)
- (dated) lynx (specifically the Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx)
- Synonym: lynx
Alternative forms
- losch (obsolete)
Derived terms
- pardellos
Anagrams
- sol
References
Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
From Old Saxon l?s, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, cognate with Dutch los and English loose.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?s
Adjective
los
- open
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin laus, laudem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo/
Noun
los m (plural los)
- (obsolete) praise; acclaim
- Synonym: (modern) louange
Related terms
- louer
Further reading
- “los” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo?s/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /l?s/ (regionally; chiefly as interjection or when meaning “going on”)
Etymology 1
From Old High German l?s. Compare English loose.
Adjective
los (comparative loser, superlative am losesten)
- (colloquial or dated) Alternative form of lose (“loose”)
Adverb
los (comparative only used in combination with a verb)
- off, rid of
- going on
- (colloquial, regional, Westphalia, Lower Saxony) open
Interjection
los
- come on!, let's go!
Derived terms
Related terms
- gelosen
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
los
- singular imperative of losen
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l?s]
- Hyphenation: los
Etymology 1
Shortening from losmen (“hostel”).
Noun
los (first-person possessive losku, second-person possessive losmu, third-person possessive losnya)
- hostel
- longhouse
Etymology 2
From Dutch loods (“pilot”).
Noun
los (first-person possessive losku, second-person possessive losmu, third-person possessive losnya)
- (navigation) pilot boat
Etymology 3
From Dutch los (“loose”).
Adjective
los (plural los-los)
- (colloquial) loose, free
- Synonyms: lepas, bebas
Further reading
- “los” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Pronoun
los
- (accusative, dative) them, those
Ladino
Etymology
From Latin ill?s, from ille.
Article
los (singular el, feminine las)
- the (masculine plural)
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French loche (dialectal)
Noun
los
- slug
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987). Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *los, from Proto-Germanic *lusaz, *lausaz (“loose, free”).
Adjective
los
- loose, free
- free, not encumbered
- having lost, robbed
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: los
- Limburgish: lósj
Further reading
- “los”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “los (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lose, losse
Etymology
From Old English los.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?s/, /l??s/
Noun
los (uncountable)
- loss
Descendants
- English: loss
- Scots: los, lose, lois
- Yola: lass
References
- “l??s, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowing from Low German lots (short form of lotsman); compare with German Lotse.
Noun
los m (definite singular losen, indefinite plural loser, definite plural losene)
- (nautical) a pilot (person who guides ships in and out of a harbour)
References
- “los” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
los m (definite singular losen, indefinite plural losar, definite plural losane)
- Alternative spelling of lós
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Homophones: lòs, lås
Noun
los n (definite singular loset, indefinite plural los, definite plural losa)
- Alternative spelling of lòs
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin ill?s, from ille.
Article
los (singular lo, feminine la, feminine plural las)
- the; masculine plural definite article
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lus? (“loss”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- (“to cut loose; sever; lose”). Cognate with Old Norse los (“looseness; breaking up”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /los/
Noun
los n (nominative plural los)
- loss
- destruction
Declension
Derived terms
- losian
Descendants
- Middle English: los, lose, losse
- English: loss
- Scots: los, lose, lois
- Yola: lass
Old French
Etymology
See the verb loer (“to laud”).
Noun
los m (oblique plural los, nominative singular los, nominative plural los)
- glory; positive reputation
Descendants
- French: los
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also Old English l?as, Old Norse lauss.
Adjective
l?s
- loose
Polish
Etymology
From Middle High German l?z, from Old High German hl?z, from Proto-Germanic *hlautiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?s/
Noun
los m inan
- fate
- lottery ticket
- Synonym: kupon
Declension
Derived terms
- (verb) losowa?
- (adjective) losowy
Further reading
- los in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lu?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /lus/, /lu?/
Pronoun
los
- Alternative form of os (third-person masculine plural objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *?ls?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lôs/
Noun
l?s m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- moose
- elk
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ols?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ló?s/
Noun
l??s m anim
- elk, moose
Inflection
Further reading
- “los”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /los/, [los]
Etymology 1
From Latin ill?s accusative plural masculine of ille.
Article
los m pl
- the
Related terms
Etymology 2
Pronoun
los
- accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal)
- plural masculine or neuter pronoun
See also
Swedish
Noun
los
- indefinite genitive singular of lo
Anagrams
- Sol, sol
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Borrowing from Low German lots (short form of lotsman), from Middle English lodesman; compare with German Lotse.
Noun
los m (definite singular losn, dative singular losåm, indefinite plural losa, definite plural losan)
- (nautical) a pilot (person who guides ships in and out of a harbour)
Derived terms
- losser
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??/
Verb
los
- come, return (to one's home / to a place where one resides)
- Antonym: tuaj
Derived terms
- los nag
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
Zazaki
Etymology
Compare Armenian ??? (loš).
Noun
los (genitive singular losi)
- lavash
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