love language

noun

plural love languages

: a person's characteristic means of showing love or care for another

She also tells Kourtney that by the end of their relationship, the only thing they had left in common was their love of fashion. Kanye styling Kim was his "love language" in the end.

—Kelli Boyle

To renovate her crumbling bungalow, Dani enlists her stern, Slavic father, who shows his affection via physical labor (as Alic's narrators might put it, acts of service are his love language).

—A. Cerisse Cohen

As a grandmother and great-grandmother, her love was boundless, and her love language was felt through the delicious food she prepared and the traditional recipes she shared.

—Casa Grande (Arizona) Dispatch

Examples of love language in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hosts are treating the tablescape as a love language and bringing back small rituals like candles, cloth napkins, good china on a random weeknight and a toast before the first bite. —Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026

Candles, cloth napkins, good china on a random Tuesday and a toast before the first bite have become a kind of love language. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026

The love language of the city is spoken across cultural and economic divides. —Andy Andersen, Vulture, 19 June 2026

For her, food is a love language and nothing in her purview will be lost in translation. —Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for love language

• interlanguage
• metalanguage