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lover
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love +? -er.
Alternative forms
- lovyer (dialectal or obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l?v?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l?v?/
- Hyphenation: lov?er
- Rhymes: -?v?(?)
Noun
lover (plural lovers)
- One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse.
- Synonyms: love, love interest, spouse, sweetheart, significant other; see also Thesaurus:lover
- A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sexual partner
- 2018 January 17, "Libra Woman: Personality Traits: Love & More", Astrology.com [1]
- A Libra woman seems to always be in love - either with her long term partner or with an ever-changing series of rotating lovers.
- A person who loves something.
- Synonym: connoisseur
- (West Country, with "my") An informal term of address for any friend.
Derived terms
- book lover, booklover
- Latin lover
- loverhood
- lover's lane / lovers' lane
Descendants
- ? German: Lover
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
lover (plural lovers)
- Obsolete form of louver.
Anagrams
- Vlorë
Dutch
Alternative forms
- loover (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lover, originally the plural of loof. As with other words with plurals in -er, eventually this was substituted with -eren, creating loveren. This new plural was then reanalysed as a separate noun and a new singular form lover was back-formed from it.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lo?.v?r/
- Hyphenation: lo?ver
- Rhymes: -o?v?r
Noun
lover n (plural lovers, diminutive lovertje n)
- foliage
Synonyms
- gebladerte
- lommer
Anagrams
- vloer
French
Etymology
A 17th century borrowing from North Sea Germanic language verb "lofen, lufen". The 1986 Dictionnaire de l'Académie française identifies the source as Low German (Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German); Jan de Vries' Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek (which identifies it as a possible cognate of Dutch leuver) suggests East Frisian instead.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?.ve/
Verb
lover
- to coil (a rope or cord), to fake a line
- (reflexive, of a snake) to coil up, wind up; to curl up
Conjugation
Further reading
- “lover” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- voler
Middle English
Noun
lover (plural lovers)
- lover
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
lover m pl
- indefinite masculine plural of lov
Verb
lover
- present tense of love
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- lovar m pl
Noun
lover f pl
- indefinite feminine plural of lov
Etymology 2
Verb
lover
- present of lova
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lovey
English
Etymology
love +? -y
Noun
lovey (plural loveys)
- (Britain) An informal mode of address (associated most often with actors and the like).
- A baby's toy, blanket, or other object of affection
- 2010, Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Separation Anxiety Solution
- A lovey can be a comfort to your child and ease the pain of separation.
- 2010, Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Separation Anxiety Solution
References
- lovey at OneLook Dictionary Search
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