amour
Americannoun
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amours
plural
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a love affair.
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an illicit or secret love affair.
noun
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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; cf. amoretto
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Stripping away the amour propre of a nuclear-armed potentate is a dangerous business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 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
There are others younger than I. Ah, Henri, amour de ma vie, I’m jealous even of the girls.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by Compton MacKenzie
Nos amours, the good people of Montreal called their team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The music you hear is contemporary with Irène's life, so Charles Trenet's song "Que reste-e-il de nos amours?" is one he wrote prior to 1942, so it would be contemporary.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2023
If the forensically brilliant and hard-minded Trevor-Roper had fallen for him, why not Peters’s many amours?
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2020
When asked how long she plans to avoid amours, Milano replied that she didn’t know.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2019
He was a plotter, but not of amours; a carrier through too, but not of intrigues.
From The Story of Louie by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
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