Amour

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əˈmÊŠÉ™/, /əˈmɔː/
• US IPA: É‘mɔɹ

Origin

Borrowing from fr amour.

Full definition of amour

Noun

1. (obsolete) Love, affection.
2. Courtship; flirtation.
• 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 75:Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all – and yet there's something in that voice of hers….
3. A love affair.
• 1990, October 26, Jerry Sullivan, Field & Street, The amours of the greater scaup are, if anything, even more varied.
4. A lover.
• 2000, December 29, James McManus, The Winter Casino, Makes you wonder how they were able to see their amours, or their hands...

Related terms

• amorous