amore

See also: Amore

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amoɾe/ [a.mo.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -oɾe, -e
• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧re

Noun

amore inan

1. (rare) love, affection

   Synonyms: maitasun, amodio

Usage notes

• In modern usage this term is almost exclusively found as part of the verb amore eman (“to give up”) and related terms.

Declension

Declension of amore (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	amore	amorea	amoreak
ergative	amorek	amoreak	amoreek
dative	amoreri	amoreari	amoreei
genitive	amoreren	amorearen	amoreen
comitative	amorerekin	amorearekin	amoreekin
causative	amorerengatik	amorearengatik	amoreengatik
benefactive	amorerentzat	amorearentzat	amoreentzat
instrumental	amorez	amoreaz	amoreez
inessive	amoretan	amorean	amoreetan
locative	amoretako	amoreko	amoreetako
allative	amoretara	amorera	amoreetara
terminative	amoretaraino	amoreraino	amoreetaraino
directive	amoretarantz	amorerantz	amoreetarantz
destinative	amoretarako	amorerako	amoreetarako
ablative	amoretatik	amoretik	amoreetatik
partitive	amorerik	—	—
prolative	amoretzat	—	—

Derived terms

• amore egin (“to give up”)
• amore eman (“to give up”)
• amoreagatik (“in name of”)
• amorearren
• amoretsu (“good-hearted”)
• amorez
• amorezko

Further reading

• “amore”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “amore”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Italian

Etymology

From Latin amōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmo.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: a‧mó‧re

• Audio; “l'amore”:

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Noun

amore m (plural amori)

1. love

   Follia d'amore ― Madness of love

   Vorrei far l'amore con te. ― I would like to make love to you.

Related terms

• amare
• amoreggiare
• amorevole
• amorino
• amoroso
• disinnamorarsi
• fare l'amore
• innamorarsi

Descendants

• → Greek: αμόρε (amóre)

Further reading

• amore in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• amore in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• amore in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• amore in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• amore in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• amore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Eramo, Morea, Ormea, amerò

Latin

Noun

amōre

1. ablative singular of amor
   • c. 29 bc, Publius Vergilius Maro, Georgicon, III.285

     fvgit inreparabile tempvs
     singvla dvm capti circvmvectamvr amore

     Irretrievable time flies away while, enthralled by love, we are carried about from one thing to another.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *amaʀā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.mo.re/

Noun

amore f

1. a kind of bird, probably the ammer

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

	singular	plural
nominative	amore	amoran
accusative	amoran	amoran
genitive	amoran	amorena
dative	amoran	amorum

Related terms

• clodhamer
• emer/omer
• ōsle

Descendants

• Middle English: *amere, *amre, *ambre
  • English: ammer
  • ⇒ Middle English: *yelwamre, *yelambre, *yelwambre
    • ⇒ English: yelambre, yelamber, yellowhammer