amour
Americannoun
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a love affair.
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an illicit or secret love affair.
noun
Etymology
Origin of amour
1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French, Old French amo ( u ) r, representing a dial. form or < Old Provençal < Latin amōrem accusative of amor love, equivalent to am ( āre ) to love + -or -or 1; amoretto
Example Sentences
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The overly-ambitious-American-transformed trope, for another, accomplished via crepes, macarons and amour fou.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
The charge-sheet said that after the couple received the car, Mrs Menendez texted her husband to say: "Congratulations mon amour de la vie, we are the proud owners of a 2019 Mercedes."
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2023
“Congratulations mon amour de la vie, we are the proud owners of a 2019 Mercedes,” Nadine Menendez texted her husband, along with a heart emoji.
From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2023
"Happy birthday, Sophie. From this, to this, and everything in between, there’s no one I’d rather have by my side… I love you, mon amour."
From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2023
In spite of the excessive amour propre that I found in her, I felt attracted towards her, even when she made me angry.
From Annouchka A Tale by Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich
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