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See also:løverandLover

English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishlovere,luffer,lufere, equivalent tolove +‎-er.

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Noun

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lover (plurallovers)

  1. One wholoves andcares for another person in aromantic way; asweetheart, love,soulmate,boyfriend,girlfriend, orspouse.
    Synonyms:love,love interest,spouse,sweetheart,significant other;see alsoThesaurus:lover
    • c.1596–1598 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene vi],page170, column 2:
      […]loue is blinde, andlouers cannot ſee / The pretty follies that themſelues commit,[…]
    • 1976,Joni Mitchell, “Song For Sharon”, inHejira:
      Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes / And lovely landscapes to discover / But all I really want to do right now / Is find anotherlover
    • 1980,Shalamar, “This Is For The Lover In You”, inThree For Love:
      This is for thelover in you (take this ring) / This ring (It means I'll always be true) / This is (how we'll start love anew) This time (were gonna last forever)
    • 2014 September 23,Elle King,Dave Bassett, “Ex's & Oh's”, inLove Stuff‎[1], performed by Elle King:
      Now, there's one in California who's been cursing my name / 'Cause I found me a betterlover in the UK, hey, hey / Until I made my getaway
    • 2016, David Boulter, Stuart A. Staples, “Like Only Lovers Can”, inThe Waiting Room, performed by Tindersticks:
      We can only hurt each other the way thatlovers can / So where do we go, where do we hide now?
  2. Asexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having anaffair.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:sexual partner
    • 2006, Peifer Yann, Reuter Manuel, “Bad Boy”, inEverytime[sic] We Touch, performed by Cascada,→OCLC:
      Be my bad boy, be my man / Be my weekendlover, but don't be my friend / You can be my bad boy, but understand / That I don't need you in my life again
    • 2018 January 17, "Libra Woman: Personality Traits: Love & More", Astrology.com[2]
      A Libra woman seems to always be in love - either with her long term partner or with an ever-changing series of rotatinglovers.
    • 2020 April 3,Chappell Roan,Dan Nigro, “Pink Pony Club”‎[3]performed by Chappell Roan:
      I'm up and jaws are on the floor
      Lovers in the bathroom and a line outside the door
  3. A person wholoves something.
    Synonym:connoisseur
    alover of fine wines
    alover of his/her own country
  4. (West Country, with "my")An informal term of address for any friend.
    All right, melover?
Usage notes
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  • In the 1980s and 1990s, the term "lover" was commonly used for a long-term committed romantic partner, particularly in the LGBTQ+ community. Subsequently, this usage has become less common, usually in favour ofpartner.
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Compound words and expressions
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Translations
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one who loves another person
sexual partner
person who loves something

Etymology 2

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Noun

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lover (plurallovers)

  1. Obsolete form oflouver.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchlover, originally the plural ofloof. As with other words with plurals in-er, eventually this was substituted with-eren, creatingloveren. This new plural was then reanalysed as a separate noun and a new singular formlover was back-formed from it.

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Noun

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lover n (plurallovers,diminutivelovertje n)

  1. foliage

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French

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Etymology

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A 17th century borrowing from North Sea Germanic language verb "lofen, lufen". The 1986Dictionnaire de l'Académie française identifies the source as Low German (Dutch Low Saxon orGerman Low German); Jan de Vries'Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek (which identifies it as a possible cognate ofDutchleuver) suggests East Frisian instead.

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Verb

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lover

  1. tocoil (a rope or cord), tofake a line
  2. (reflexive) tocoil up, wind up; tocurl up
    • 2019,Alain Damasio, chapter 2, inLes furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte,→ISBN:
      Happant du linge et courbant le matelas, j’y ai rapidement fait mon nid et je me suislové en boule à l’intérieur.
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  3. (reflexive) tosnuggle up to, tosnuggle up against

Conjugation

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Conjugation oflover(see alsoAppendix:French verbs)
infinitivesimplelover
compoundavoir + past participle
present participle orgerund1simplelovant
/lɔ.vɑ̃/
compoundayant + past participle
past participlelové
/lɔ.ve/
singularplural
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
indicativeje (j’)tuil, elle, onnousvousils, elles
(simple
tenses)		presentlove
/lɔv/		loves
/lɔv/		love
/lɔv/		lovons
/lɔ.vɔ̃/		lovez
/lɔ.ve/		lovent
/lɔv/
imperfectlovais
/lɔ.vɛ/		lovais
/lɔ.vɛ/		lovait
/lɔ.vɛ/		lovions
/lɔ.vjɔ̃/		loviez
/lɔ.vje/		lovaient
/lɔ.vɛ/
past historic2lovai
/lɔ.ve/		lovas
/lɔ.va/		lova
/lɔ.va/		lovâmes
/lɔ.vam/		lovâtes
/lɔ.vat/		lovèrent
/lɔ.vɛʁ/
futureloverai
/lɔ.vʁe/		loveras
/lɔ.vʁa/		lovera
/lɔ.vʁa/		loverons
/lɔ.vʁɔ̃/		loverez
/lɔ.vʁe/		loveront
/lɔ.vʁɔ̃/
conditionalloverais
/lɔ.vʁɛ/		loverais
/lɔ.vʁɛ/		loverait
/lɔ.vʁɛ/		loverions
/lɔ.və.ʁjɔ̃/		loveriez
/lɔ.və.ʁje/		loveraient
/lɔ.vʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		present perfectpresent indicative ofavoir + past participle
pluperfectimperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle
past anterior2past historic ofavoir + past participle
future perfectfuture ofavoir + past participle
conditional perfectconditional ofavoir + past participle
subjunctiveque je (j’)que tuqu’il, qu’elleque nousque vousqu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		presentlove
/lɔv/		loves
/lɔv/		love
/lɔv/		lovions
/lɔ.vjɔ̃/		loviez
/lɔ.vje/		lovent
/lɔv/
imperfect2lovasse
/lɔ.vas/		lovasses
/lɔ.vas/		lovât
/lɔ.va/		lovassions
/lɔ.va.sjɔ̃/		lovassiez
/lɔ.va.sje/		lovassent
/lɔ.vas/
(compound
tenses)		pastpresent subjunctive ofavoir + past participle
pluperfect2imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle
imperative–tu–nousvous–
simple—love
/lɔv/		—lovons
/lɔ.vɔ̃/		lovez
/lɔ.ve/		—
compound—simple imperative ofavoir + past participle—simple imperative ofavoir + past participlesimple imperative ofavoir + past participle—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French, pp.77,78,79,81).

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromOld Frenchlovier,lover, fromMedieval Latin*lōdārium (attested aslōvārium), extension oflōdium, of unclear origin.

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  • IPA(key): /luˈveːr/,/ˈluvər/,/loːˈveːr/,/ˈloːvər/

Noun

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lover (plurallovers)

  1. louver(type ofturret)
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Etymology 2

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lover

  1. Alternative form oflovere(“friend, lover”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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lover m pl

  1. indefinitemasculineplural oflov

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lover

  1. presenttense oflove

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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lover f pl

  1. indefinitefeminineplural oflov

Etymology 2

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Verb

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lover

  1. present oflova
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