Noun for the word love

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love-affair

love-affair noun роман, любовная интрига, любовное похождение

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > love-affair

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love-apple

love-apple noun помидор

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > love-apple

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love-bird

love-bird noun небольшой попугай

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > love-bird

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love-child

love-child noun дитя любви (о внебрачном ребенке)

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > love-child

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love-letter

love-letter noun любовное письмо

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > love-letter

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love-making

love-making noun 1) ухаживание 2) физическая близость

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > love-making

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love-match

love-match noun брак по любви

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > love-match

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love-seat

love-seat noun кресло, вмещающее двоих

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > love-seat

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love-story

love-story noun любовная история; рассказ, роман о любви

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > love-story

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Love

1. n Лов, Лав

true love — истинная любовь; любовь в полном смысле слова

2. n любовь, привязанность, приязнь

love knot — бант как символ любви, союза

3. n влюблённость, любовь, страсть

one-way love — неразделённая любовь, любовь без взаимности

4. n предмет любви, возлюбленный; возлюбленная

5. n прост. душечка, голубушка

6. n Эрос, амур, купидон

7. n любовная интрига; любовная история

love story — роман или рассказ о любви, любовный роман

8. n спорт. ноль

put that gun down, for the love of God — ради бога, брось пистолет

9. v ласкать

10. v любить; находить удовольствие; хотеть

some people love fo find fault — некоторые люди любят придираться; некоторым людям доставляет удовольствие находить недостатки

Синонимический ряд:

2. adoration (noun) adoration; amorousness; amour; eros; infatuation; passion

4. agape (noun) agape; altruism; charity; kindness

5. commitment (noun) affection; ardor; ardour; attachment; bond; commitment; devotion; fondness; liking; loyalty; tenderness; tie

7. sweetheart (noun) beau; beloved; darling; dear; flame; heartthrob; honey; honeybunch; loveling; lover; sweet; sweetheart; sweetling; truelove; turtledove

9. caress (verb) caress; cosset; cuddle; dandle; embrace; fondle; fornicate; kiss; pet; woo

10. like (verb) admire; adore; adulate; affection; be enamored of; be fond of; cherish; delight in; dote on; fancy; have affection for; idolize; like; treasure; worship

Антонимический ряд:

abhorrence; abominate; abomination; alienation; animosity; antipathy; aversion; bitterness; coldness; contumely; desertion; detest; detestation; disaffection; disdain; hate; hatred; loathe; misanthropy

English-Russian base dictionary > Love

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love

1) любовь, привязанность; there’s no love lost between them они недолюбливают друг друга

2) влюбленность; to be in love (with) быть влюбленным (в); to fall in love (with) влюбиться (в); to fall out of love with smb. разлюбить кого-л.;

to make love to

а) ухаживать за;

б) добиваться физической близости; love in a cottage

=

рай в шалаше

3) любовная интрига; любовная история

4) предмет любви; дорогой, дорогая; возлюбленный, возлюбленная (особ. в обращении my love)

5) myth. амур, купидон

6) что-л. привлекательное; a regular love of a kitten прелестный котенок

7) sport нуль; win by four goals to love выиграть со счетом 4:0; love all счет 0: 0; love game ‘сухая’

for the love of ради, во имя; for the love of Mike

=

ради бога; not for love or money, not for the love of Mike ни за что, ни за какие деньги, ни за какие коврижки

to give (to send) one’s love to smb. передавать (посылать) привет кому-л.

for love of the game из любви к искусству

to play for love играть не на деньги

love and a cough cannot be hidden посл. любви да кашля не утаишь

Syn:

affection, attachment, crush, infatuation

Ant:

dislike, hate

1) любить

2) хотеть, желать; находить удовольствие (в чем-л.); I,d love to come with you я бы с удовольствием пошел с вами

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2 (v) любить; полюбить

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[ lʌv]
любовь; привязанность, приязнь, влюбленность, страсть; предмет любви, возлюбленный, возлюбленная, дорогая; что-либо привлекательное; любовная интрига, любовная история
любить; находить удовольствие; хотеть, желать; возлюбить

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любив

любить

любовь

полюбить

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1. сущ.
1) а) любовь, приязнь, симпатия; привязанность
б) любовь, склонность, тяга (к чему-л.)
2) а) любовь
б) любовь, секс; сексуальная активность; половой акт
3) состояние влюбленности, любовь; любовная история
4) а) предмет любви; милый, милая; милочка, душечка
б) прелесть, чудо
2. гл.
1) а) любить
б) любить, обожать; хотеть (делать что-л.)
в) (о животных, растениях) любить какую-л. конкретную среду, нуждаться в определенных условиях обитания
2) разг. ласкать, гладить, играть в любовные игры (тж. с up)

Новый англо-русский словарь > love

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love affair

1. роман, любовная интрига

2. любовная связь

Синонимический ряд:

romance (noun) affair; amour; heartthrob; liaison; love; love relationship; lover; romance

English-Russian base dictionary > love affair

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love-making

1. n ухаживание, объяснение в любви

2. n флирт

3. n любовная близость; любовные ласки

Синонимический ряд:

wooing (noun) being sweethearts; courtship; dating; engagement; going steady; love; wooing

English-Russian base dictionary > love-making

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noun

имя существительное
(1). Имена собственные для обозначения всех членов семьи употребляются в форме множественного числа и с определенным артиклем:

The Browns are coming to tea tonight — Сегодня на чай приедут Брауны.

(2). Имена собирательные, такие, как audience, committee, family, poultry, union и др. могут употребляться с глаголом и в единственном, и во множественном числе, в зависимости от того, понимаются ли они как единое целое или подразумеваются отдельные члены таких группировок.
(3). Ряд существительных предпочтительнее употреблять в сочетании с последующим инфинитивом в качестве их определения и указания цели. В такой конструкции наиболее часто используются существительные и субстантивированные прилагательные:

ability — способность,

inability — неспособность,

attempt — попытка,

chance — возможность, шанс,

desire — желание,

decision — решение, решимость,

failure — неудача,

intention — намерение,

opportunity — удобный случай,

work — работа,

the last — последний,

the first — первый.

(4). Некоторые лексические группы и лексические единицы употребляются без артикля:

б) названия улиц, площадей — Oxford Street, Red Square;

в) названия одиночных горных пиков, одиночных озер — Elbrus, Baikal;

г) названия наук: history, biology, physics.

(5). Ряд существительных обычно объединяются с предлогом of. К ним относятся существительные idea, habit, hope.
(6). Ряд существительных в именной конструкции требует одного фиксированного предлога управления:

а) предлога to — access, answer, alternative, approach, damage, devotion, exception, introduction, preface, reference, reply, resistance, return, solution, threat, wetness;

б) предлога for — admiration, credit, cure, demand, desire, dislike, disregard, disrespect, hunger, love, need, regard, remedy, respect, responsibility, room, sympathy, taste, thirst;

в) предлога on/upon — attack, comment, concentration, dependence, effect, insistence, restriction, tax;

г) предлога with — sympathy, connection, contrast, correspondence, link, quarrel, relations, relationship.

English-Russian word troubles > noun

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noun

[naun]

n

USAGE:

(1.) Имена собственные для обозначения всех членов семьи употребляются в форме множественного числа и с определенным артиклем: the Browns are coming to tea tonight сегодня на чай приедут Брауны. (2.) Некоторые лексические группы и лексические единицы употребляются без артикля: (а.) названия трапез — to have breakfast (lunch, dinner, tea); (б) названия улиц, площадей — Oxford Street, Red Square; (в) названия одиночных горных пиков, одиночных озер — Elbrus, Baikal; (г) названия наук — history, biology, physics. (3.) Имена собирательные, такие, как audience, committee, family, poultry, union и др. могут употребляться с глаголом и в единственном, и во множественном числе, в зависимости от того, понимаются ли они как единое целое или подразумеваются отдельные члены таких группировок. (4.) Если существительное требует определения цели (для чего?) то оно, как правило, употребляется в конструкции с инфинитивом: ability to understand способность понимать; chance to be promoted продвинуться по службе, и т. д. Инфинитив также употребляется в качестве описательного определения (какой?, который?) к существительному: work to do работа, которую надо сделать; the last to understand последний, кто понял; the first to come первый, кто пришел. В качестве постпозитивного определения может выступать герундий, который соединяется с определяемым существительным в большинстве случаев при помощи предлога of: the idea of building a skyscraper идея построить небоскреб/строительства небоскреба; habit of jogging in the morning привычка бегать по утрам; hope of his coming back надежда на то, что он вернется/на его возвращение. (5.) Ряд существительных в именной конструкции требуют одного фиксированного предлога управления: (а.) предлога to — access, answer, alternative, approach, damage, devotion, exception, introduction, preface, reference, reply, resistance, return, solution, threat, witness; (б) предлога for — admiration, credit, cure, demand, desire, dislike, disregard, disrespect, hunger, love, need, regard, remedy, respect, responsibility, room, sympathy, taste, thirst; (в) предлога on/upon — attack, comment, concentration, dependence, effect, insistence, restriction; (г) предлога with — sympathy, connection, contrast, correspondence, link, quarrel, relations, relationship; (д) предлога at — attempt

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > noun

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love child

Синонимический ряд:

bastard (noun) bastard; by-blow; catch colt; chance child; come-by-chance; filius nullius; filius populi; illegitimate; natural child; whoreson; woods colt

English-Russian base dictionary > love child

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love seat

Синонимический ряд:

sofa (noun) bed; couch; davenport; divan; furniture; lounge; overstuffed chair; resting place; sofa

English-Russian base dictionary > love seat

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lady-love

lady-love noun возлюбленная

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > lady-love

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true-love

true-love noun 1) возлюбленный; возлюбленная 2) двойной узел (тж. true-loveknot или true-lover’s knot)

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > true-love

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self-love

1. n себялюбие; эгоизм, потворство своим желаниям

2. n инстинкт самосохранения

Синонимический ряд:

1. conceit (noun) arrogance; conceit; egoism; pride; self-esteem; self-regard; self-respect; self-satisfaction

2. loving attitude (noun) amour-propre; good attitude; good self-image; loving attitude; loving oneself; morale; self-confidence

English-Russian base dictionary > self-love

любовь, влюбленность, любить, возлюбить, хотеть, любовный, возлюбленный

существительное ↓

глагол ↓

Словосочетания

children need a lot of love — детям нуждаются в большом внимании и заботе (досл. в большой любви)  
a love song’s melting lyrics — трогательный текст песни о любви  
a love quiz in a magazine — любовная викторина в журнале  
a fitting symbol of spousal love — подходящий символ супружеской любви  
to wrap smb. in a cocoon of love — окружать кого-л. любовью  
dead to all love — безразличный к любви  
display of love — проявление любви  
enfolded in love — окружённый любовью  
genuine love — искренняя любовь  
love of adventure — любовь к приключениям  
in the largeness of his love — в бесконечности его любви  
to languish for love — жаждать любви  

Примеры с переводом

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Возможные однокоренные слова

lovable  — привлекательный, милый
loveless  — без любви, нелюбящий, нелюбимый
lovely  — прекрасный, милый, красивый, красотка
lover  — любовник, любитель, возлюбленный, поклонник, друг, приверженец, доброжелатель
loving  — любящий, любвеобильный, нежный, преданный
loved  — любимый
lovage  — зоря, любисток лекарственный, любисток

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: love
he/she/it: loves
ing ф. (present participle): loving
2-я ф. (past tense): loved
3-я ф. (past participle): loved

noun
ед. ч.(singular): love
мн. ч.(plural): loves

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• loue (obsolete typography)

Pronunciation[edit]

• enPR: lŭv, IPA^(key): /lʌv/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [lʌv]
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [ɫʌv]
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ɫäv~ɫɐv]
  • (India) IPA^(key): [lɘʋ], [lɘv]
  • (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /lʊv/
• Rhymes: -ʌv

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English love, luve, from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic *lubō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love, care, desire”).

The close of a letter sense is presumably a truncation of With love or the like.

The verb is from Middle English loven, luvien, from Old English lufian (“to love”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubōn (“to love”), derived from the noun.

Eclipsed non-native English amour (“love”), borrowed from French amour (“love”).

Cognates include Russian любовь (ljubovʹ), Polish lubić and Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “desire, greed”).

Noun[edit]

love (countable and uncountable, plural loves)

1. (uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
2. (uncountable) Strong affection.

   Antonyms: hate, hatred, angst, indifference

   1. A profound and caring affection towards someone.

      A mother’s love is not easily shaken.

      My husband’s love is the most important thing in my life.

      • 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)
   2. 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[.]

      • 1963, King, Jr., Martin Luther, “A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart”, in Strength to Love‎^[1], New York: Pocket Books, published 1964, →OCLC, page 7:

        Through nonviolent resistance we shall be able to oppose the unjust system and at the same time love the perpetrators of the system. We must work passionately and unrelentingly for full stature as citizens, but may it never be said, my friends, that to gain it we used the inferior methods of falsehood, malice, hate, and violence.

   3. A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.

      I have never been in love as much as I have with you.

      • 1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:

        Heav’n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn’d, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn’d.

      • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

        The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

   4. A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.

      My love of cricket knows no bounds.

      • 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?

3. (countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.

   Synonyms: baby, darling, honey, lover, pet, sweetheart; see also Thesaurus:sweetheart

   • 1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion

     Open the temple gates unto my love.

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     O love, dispatch all business, and be gone!

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     ‘Oh, my love, my love!’ she murmured, ‘wilt thou ever know how I have loved thee?’ and she kissed him on the forehead, and then went and stood in the pathway of the flame of Life.

   • 1969, The Dubliners, Dirty Old Town:

     I met my love by the gasworks wall.

4. (colloquial, Commonwealth) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.

   Synonyms: mate, darling, lovey, sweetie, sweetheart

   Hello love, how can I help you?

5. 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.»

6. (euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.

   Synonyms: aphrodisia, carnality; see also Thesaurus:lust

   • 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.

7. (euphemistic) Sexual activity.

   Synonyms: lovemaking, sex; see also Thesaurus:copulation

   • 1986, Ben Elton & al., Blackadder II, «Bells»:

     —What think you, my lord, of… love?

     —You mean ‘rumpy-pumpy’.

8. An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.

   Synonym: romance

   • 2014, E. L. Todd, Then Came Absolution, →ISBN:

     Maybe it was just a summer love, something with no future.

9. Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.
10. 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; […]

11. (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.

12. A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)

1. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).

   • 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VI, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:

     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.

   I love my spouse.   I love you!   I love that song!

2. (transitive) To need, thrive on.

   Mold loves moist, dark places.

3. (transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

   I love walking barefoot on wet grass;  I’d love to join the team;  I love what you’ve done with your hair
4. (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.

   • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:

     The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […] offering services that let you […] «share the things you love with the world» and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people’s control of their own attention.

5. (transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.

   I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.

6. (transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with (perhaps from make love).

   I wish I could love her all night long.

Conjugation[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

• (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[edit]

• hate, despise, fear

Derived terms[edit]

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Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

• charity

Etymology 2[edit]

Now widely believed (due to historical written record) to be from the idea that when one does a thing “for love”, that is for no monetary gain, the word “love” implying «nothing».

The former assumption that it had originated from French l’œuf (literally “the egg”), due to its shape, has largely been discredited and is no longer widely accepted.

Needless to say, the apparent similarity of the shape of an egg to a zero has inspired similar analogies, such as the use of duck (reputed to be short for duck’s egg) for a zero score at cricket, and goose egg for «zero».

Noun[edit]

love (uncountable)

1. (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.

2. 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.

Translations[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)

1. Alternative form of lofe (“to praise, sell”)

References[edit]

• 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, →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

• levo, levo-, velo-, vole, voël

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈlovɛ]
• Hyphenation: lo‧ve

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Romani love.

Noun[edit]

love f pl

1. (slang) money

   Synonym: prachy

Declension[edit]

• Indeclinable.

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

love m

1. vocative singular of lov

Further reading[edit]

• love in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːvə/, [ˈlɔːʋə], [ˈlɔːʊ]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Low German lōve, from Proto-Germanic *galaubô, cognate with German Glaube.

Noun[edit]

love c

1. (obsolete) trust, faith

   only in the phrase på tro og love (“solemnly”)

References[edit]

• “love,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *(ga)lubōną, cognate with Swedish lova (“to promise; to praise”), German loben (“to praise”), geloben (“to vow”), Dutch loven (“to praise”).

Verb[edit]

love (past tense lovede, past participle lovet)

1. to promise
2. (solemn) to praise

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

• “love,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “love,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3[edit]

See See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

love c

1. indefinite plural of lov

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

love

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of loven

Anagrams[edit]

• velo, voel

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

love

1. inflection of lover:
   1. first-person /third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams[edit]

• vélo, vole, volé

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lupa, feminine of lupus. Compare Venetian lova, French louve.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

love f (plural lovis)

1. she-wolf

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• lôf

Hunsrik[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈloːvə/

Verb[edit]

love

1. to praise

Further reading[edit]

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Inari Sami[edit]

Inari Sami numbers ^(edit)

	100
←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
	1
Cardinal: love     Ordinal: lovváád

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *lokē

Numeral[edit]

love

1. ten

Inflection[edit]

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading[edit]

• love in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎^[2], Tromsø: UiT

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Middle Dutch[edit]

Noun[edit]

lōve

1. dative singular of lof

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic *lubō.

Alternative forms[edit]

• lof, lofe, louf, luf, lufe, luff, luffe, luve
• leove, lofve, lufæ (early)

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈluv(ə)/, /ˈloːv(ə)/

Noun[edit]

love (plural loves)

1. Love; strong and deep affection:
   1. Sexual or romantic desire (in humans and animals)
   2. Theosis, sanctification, or love as a means to attain it.
2. One who one loves; a loved individual:
   1. A lover; a sexual or romantic partner.
   2. A personification or embodiment of love.
   3. (Christianity) The Holy Spirit (or less often, God generally).
3. A peace treaty; the ending of hostilities.
4. (rare) Permission, consent.

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Descendants[edit]

• English: love
• Scots: luve, lufe
• Yola: loove

References[edit]

• “lǒve, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old English lāfe, oblique singular of lāf, from Proto-West Germanic *laibu, from Proto-Germanic *laibō; compare leven (“to halt”), which some forms are influenced by.

Alternative forms[edit]

• lave, leve, loove
• lafe, læve, loave (early)

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːv(ə)/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /laːf/, /ˈlaːv(ə)/

Noun[edit]

love (uncountable)

1. The remainder or rest; that which is left.

   • c. 1375, “Book VI”, in Iohne Barbour, De geſtis bellis et uirtutibus domini Roberti de Brwyß […] (The Brus, Advocates MS. 19.2.2)‎^[4], Ouchtirmunſye: Iohannes Ramſay, published 1489, folio 21, recto, lines 431-434; republished at Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, c. 2010:

     Thyꝛwall þ[at] was þ[air] capitain / Wes þ[air] in þe baꝛgain slain / ⁊ off his men þe maſt p[ar]ty / Ϸe laue fled full affrayitly

     Thirlwall, who was their commander / was killed there in the struggle / with the greatest part of his men; / the rest fled very frightened.

2. (rare) A widow; a woman whose husband has died.

   Synonyms: relicte, widwe

Descendants[edit]

• English: lave
• Scots: lave

References[edit]

• “lōve, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Old Norse lófi, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô; compare glove.

Alternative forms[edit]

• lof, loove, louf, luf, lufe, luff, luffe

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈloːv(ə)/, /loːf/

Noun[edit]

love (plural loves)

1. (chiefly Northern) The palm (inner part of the hand)

Descendants[edit]

• English: loof
• Scots: luif, lufe, luff

References[edit]

• “lọ̄ve, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

love

1. Alternative form of loven (“to love”)

Etymology 5[edit]

Verb[edit]

love

1. Alternative form of loven (“to praise”)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse lofa.

Verb[edit]

love (imperative lov, present tense lover, simple past and past participle lova or lovet, present participle lovende)

1. to praise

Verb[edit]

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)

1. to promise

   (as an adjective) det lovede land — the Promised Land

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• løfte

References[edit]

• “love” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

love (present tense lovar or lover, past tense lova or lovde, past participle lova or lovt or lovd, present participle lovande, imperative lov)

1. Alternative form of lova

Noun[edit]

love m (definite singular loven, indefinite plural lovar, definite plural lovane)

1. Alternative form of lóve

Anagrams[edit]

• vole

Romani[edit]

Noun[edit]

love

1. plural of lovo
2. money

Descendants[edit]

• → French: lové
• → Hungarian: lóvé
• → Romanian: lovea
• → Russian: лавэ́ (lavɛ́)
• → Scots: lowie
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: ло́ва
  • Latin script: lóva
• → Slovak: lóve

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

love (Cyrillic spelling лове)

1. vocative singular of lov

Verb[edit]

love (Cyrillic spelling лове)

1. third-person plural present of loviti

What is a noun for love?

noun. noun. /lʌv/ affection. [uncountable] a strong feeling of deep affection for someone or something, especially a member of your family or a friend a mother’s love for her children love of your country He seems incapable of love.

How can you describe your love in one word?

Choose from this list of 47 positive words.

• Amazing.
• Special.
• Beautiful.
• Affectionate.
• Sexy.
• Dependable.
• Compassionate.
• Patient.

What word goes well with love?

other words for love

• appreciation.
• emotion.
• fondness.
• lust.
• passion.
• taste.
• tenderness.
• yearning.

What is the deepest word for love?

Synonyms for Deep love

• real thing.
• serious relationship.
• unconditional love. n.
• big love affair.
• great love affair.
• humaneness.
• leniency.
• profound affection.

What are the most romantic words?

Romantic Words List

• intoxicating.
• life-changing.
• main squeeze.
• my everything.
• paramour.
• sweetheart.
• swoon.
• wonderful.

What is a good flirty text?

7 Best Flirty Texts

1. No matter how horrible my day went, when you smile you just made everything all right.
2. You’re like a twister, you just blow me away.
3. Could you stop being so lovely?
4. I wonder how my life would be if I hadn’t met you.
5. There isn’t a word in the dictionary that can explain your type of beauty.

How do I make texting interesting?

How to start a conversation over text

1. Send an honest compliment.
2. Make a reference to something that they mentioned.
3. Let them know that you are thinking about them.
4. The cliffhanger text.
5. Send a GIF, meme or emoji.
6. The teasing text.
7. The light and casual text.

How do you seduce text?

Here Are A Few Telltale Tips and Tricks On How To Seduce A Girl Over Text

1. Send Her Vague Texts That Will Capture Her Attention And Set Her Mind Wandering.
2. Change It Up With A Super Cute Text.
3. Vibrations Are Sweetly Direct!
4. Manners Do Mean Everything.
5. Level With The Jokes Please.
6. Nicknames Are A Sure Winner.

How do you flirt without texting on too strong?

Filthy Ways To Flirt Without Coming On Too Strong

1. 0.1 1. Be Mysterious.
2. 0.2 2. Play A Little Hard To Get.
3. 0.3 3. Use Appropriate Body Signals.
4. 0.4 4. Flirt With Intervals.
5. 0.5 5. Flirt Classily.
6. 0.6 6. Flirt When Talking About An Unserious Topic.
7. 0.7 7. Let Your Partner Chase You.
8. 0.8 8. Give Your Partner Some Space.

How do you flirt but stay classy?

And this means you have to be classy, and not trashy, slutty, tacky, or desperate.

1. How to be flirty with class and poise.
2. #1 Leave a little to the imagination.
3. #2 Lightly banter.
4. #3 Use that half-smile.
5. #4 Create eye contact.
6. #5 Be a tease.
7. #6 Compliment sparingly but genuinely.
8. #7 Use their names often.

How do I know if I’m coming on too strong?

“If you do most of the talking or texting with another person, it’s a sign you’re coming on too strong,” he said. “For example, you write long blocks of text, but the other person gives a one or two word reply. In most cases, the other person isn’t that interested and is trying to give you a hint.”

Should you apologize for coming on too strong?

Apologize. Once you’ve taken some time to cool your jets, go and talk to him/her. Let them know you think you came on too strong and that you hope you didn’t scare them away. Ask for a fresh start.

What is coming on too strong to a girl?

For me, coming on too strong means that the way you’re acting, either through your words, texting, constant contact, eagerness to make plans, or quickness to commit, is out of sync with the way the woman you’re trying to date is acting. Basically, it’s when what you’re doing isn’t in line with what she wants from you.

What’s a word for coming on too strong?

What is another word for coming on strong?

dynamic	energetic
strong-willed	ball of fire
resolute	fruitful
overwhelming	weighty
sprightly	significant