amoureux French · revision 16540

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1150, Roman de Thèbes (amoros)|origins=la amor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.mu.ʁø/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''amoureux''' (feminine amoureuse, masculine plural amoureux, feminine plural amoureuses)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''amoros'', ''amorous'', ''amereus''.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la-lat|amōrōsus|t=loving]], derived from [[m|la|amor|t=love]], with the influence of [[amour]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|24, 474b) [[en|amorous]] was borrowed from Middle French, and [[amoroso]] is a doublet taken from Italian.^(Wiktionary)

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+ Compare [[pro|amoros]], [[es|amoroso]] and [[it|amoroso]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the ''Roman de Thèbes'' (about 1150) ''amoros'' has a passive sense, “lovable, attractive”: ''Ueuz vairs rianz et amoros''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The active sense “in love with someone” appears at the end of the 12th century in the Châtelain de Coucy: ''Que pour autre ne puis estre amorous''.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) In the 13th century it described a person or a domestic animal inclined to love, whence the proverbial ''amoureux des onze mille vierges'' (Académie, 1694), and things showing or inspiring love (''amerous desir'').^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007) ''Amoureux de'' “passionately fond of (something)” is found in 1569.^(TLFi) As a noun, ''l'amoureux'' was a stage part (1633), and in the ''Cid'' (1636) Don Sanche is ''amoureux de Chimène'', loving without being loved, ''amoureux transi'' dates from 1681.^(BHVF)^(TLFi) In painting a ''pinceau amoureux'' is soft and delicate (1771).^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1150 – ''Amoros'' “lovable”, ''Roman de Thèbes''.^(TLFi)

+ * Late 12th century – “In love”, the Châtelain de Coucy.^(TLFi)

+ * 13th century – “Inclined to love”, ''Ysopet de Lyon''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1569 – ''Amoureux de'' something.^(TLFi)

+ * 1633 – The stage lover.^(BHVF)

+ * 1681 – ''Amoureux transi''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # In love: ''être amoureux de quelqu'un'', ''tomber amoureux'', ''fou amoureux''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of love, loving: ''un regard amoureux'', ''la vie amoureuse''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Inclined to love; amorous: ''une nature amoureuse''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)

+ # ''Amoureux de'': passionately fond of: ''amoureux de la musique''.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A lover, sweetheart: ''un amoureux transi'', ''les amoureux'', a courting couple.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(theatre)'' The role of the young lover.^(BHVF)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[amoureusement]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[amour]]

+ * [[aimer]]

+ * [[s'amouracher]]

+ * [[en|amorous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}