Noun: amoureux
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | amoureux |
| Singular f | amoureuse |
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonyms: amant, copain, conjoint
Nouns inflected like amoureux
boiteux,
bouseux,
dalleux,
amoureux,
pouilleux,
quêteux,
cornemuseux,
coqueleux,
lépreux,
bronchiteux,
disetteux,
zigonneux,
emphysémateux,
courailleux,
époux,
gueux,
théâtreux,
exémateux,
malingreux,
bi-curieux, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French amoureux, from Old French amoreus, amereus, from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”, noun). Compare English amorous, borrowed from Middle French. Doublet of amoroso, borrowed from Italian. See: Latin Nouns '
amor'.
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