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5-letter words (1 found)

AMOUR,

4-letter words (9 found)

ARUM,MORA,MURA,OUMA,ROAM,ROMA,ROUM,UMRA,URAO,

3-letter words (13 found)

AMU,ARM,MAR,MOA,MOR,MOU,OAR,OMA,ORA,OUR,RAM,ROM,RUM,

2-letter words (10 found)

AM,AR,MA,MO,MU,OM,OR,OU,UM,UR,

You can make 33 words from amour according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of amour

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Definitions and meaning of amour

amour

Alternative forms

  • amor

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English amour, from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor.

The modern pronunciation is due to continual French influence; the expected development would be /ˈæmə(ɹ)/, as seen in enamour, enamoured.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈmʊə/, /aˈmʊə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈmʊɹ/, /ɑˈmʊɹ/, /-ˈmoɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

amour (countable and uncountable, plural amours)

  1. Courtship; flirtation.
  2. A love affair.
  3. A lover.
  4. (obsolete) Love, affection.

Related terms

Anagrams

  • Morua, Omura

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor. The regular phonetic development would be ameur, attested in Old French; there has probably been an influence from Old Occitan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.muʁ/
  • Rhymes: -uʁ
  • Homophone: amours

Noun

amour m or f (plural amours)

  1. love

Usage notes

  • Though masculine when singular, the word amour is feminine when plural in the literary language; the same applies to délice and orgue.

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Further reading

  • “amour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • amoure, amur

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor.

Sense 3 could be due to the influence of Middle French ameur (lover), from Old French ameor, from Latin amātor, but may instead be a semantic development from the first two senses; compare love (love, lover).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmuːr/, /ˈamur/

Noun

amour (plural amours)

  1. love, affection
  2. (rare) friendliness, amicability
  3. (rare) lover, paramour

Related terms

  • amorette
  • amorous
  • enamoured
  • paramour

Descendants

  • English: amour, amor
  • Middle Scots: amour

References

  • “amǒur, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  • “amǒur, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French amor, from Latin amor.

Noun

amour m (plural amours)

  1. love

Descendants

  • French: amour
  • Middle English: amour, amoure, amur
    • English: amour, amor
    • Middle Scots: amour

Norman

Etymology

From Old French amor, from Latin amor.

Noun

amour m (plural amours)

  1. (Jersey) love

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