amore

See also: Amore

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 (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive amore amorea amoreak
ergative amorek amoreak amoreek
dative amoreri amoreari amoreei
genitive amoreren amorearen amoreen
comitative amorerekin amorearekin amoreekin
causative amorerengatik amorearengatik amoreengatik
benefactive amorerentzat amorearentzat amoreentzat
instrumental amorez amoreaz amoreez
inessive amoretan amorean amoreetan
locative amoretako amoreko amoreetako
allative amoretara amorera amoreetara
terminative amoretaraino amoreraino amoreetaraino
directive amoretarantz amorerantz amoreetarantz
destinative amoretarako amorerako amoreetarako
ablative amoretatik amoretik amoreetatik
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

From Latin amōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmo.re/
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Hyphenation: a‧mó‧re
  • Audio; l'amore:(file)
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Noun

amore m (plural amori)

  1. love
    Follia d'amoreMadness of love
    Vorrei far l'amore con te.I would like to make love to you.

Descendants

  • Greek: αμόρε (amóre)

Further reading

  • amore in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • amore in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • 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

Anagrams

Latin

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/

Noun

amore f

  1. a kind of bird, probably the ammer

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

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

Descendants

  • Middle English: *amere, *amre, *ambre