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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
Example Sentences
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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
The myth of the amour between Venus and Mars, which Chaucer makes the basis of his poem the Compleynt of Mars, would explain why Venus was able to influence Mars in this way.
From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Florence M. Grimm
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
When asked how long she plans to avoid amours, Milano replied that she didn’t know.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2019
Their amours are aided by the mischief of friends and kin — Reed Diamond’s Don Pedro is especially fine — who recognize the desire lurking behind the anti-couple’s ostentatious contempt for each other.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2013
Miserable about the way his romantic life has turned out, Duncan takes us through the story of all his former amours, a string of rather gorgeous women, including Jane March and Naomie Harris.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2010
Nancy suddenly remembered that she had called him "toi," and said, "adieu, mes amours" to him in her letters, and she felt faint with shame.
From The Devourers by Annie Vivanti Chartres
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