amour
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noun \ə-ˈmu̇r, ä-, a-\Definition of AMOUR
: a usually illicit love affair; also : lover
See Examples of AMOUR
- memoirs devoted to accounts of his amours
- <in her memoirs the diva candidly recalls her amours with some of opera's best-known tenors and baritones>
Origin of AMOUR
Middle English, love, affection, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan amor, from Latin, from amare to love
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to AMOUR
- Synonyms
- affair, fling, love, love affair, romance
Rhymes with AMOUR
abjure, adjure, Adour, allure, Ashur, assure, brochure, ceinture, cocksure, coiffure, conjure, contour, couture, demure, detour, dirt-poor, endure, ensure, faubourg, for sure, Fraktur, grandeur, gravure, guipure, hachure, immure, impure, insure, inure, kultur, land-poor, langur, ligure, manure, mature, mohur, obscure, parure, perdure, procure, rondure, secure, siddur, tambour, tandoor, tenure, Uighur, unmoor, velour, velure
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