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amour

Syllables: a·mour/əˈmʊə/US/əˈmʊɹ/

amour noun: courtship; flirtation.

Noun

amour (countable and uncountable, plural amours)

  1. Courtship; flirtation.
    • Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all—and yet there's something in that voice of hers….1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 4, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, pages 78–79
  2. A love affair.
    • Jones had mentioned the Fact of his Amour, and of his being the Rival of Blifil, but had cautiously concealed the Name of the young Lady.1749, Henry Fielding, “A Dialogue between Mr. Jones and the Barber”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VIII, page 180
    • The amours of the greater scaup are, if anything, even more varied.1990 October 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader
  3. A lover.
    • ‘Dulce, will you go to the masquerade-ball to night?’ said I to my lesser-half, on a bright evening during the gayest part of the ‘carnival season.’ / ‘No, my amor,’ answered she; ‘I am ill this evening; do n’t go out to-night, but stay by my side, and let your cheering presence save a doctor’s...1845 May, Ned Buntline, “A Night-Adventure in Cuba”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XXV, number 4, New York, N.Y.: […] John Allen, […], page 326
    • Makes you wonder how they were able to see their amours, or their hands...2000 December 29, James McManus, “The Winter Casino”, in Chicago Reader
  4. (obsolete) Love, affection.

Proper noun capitalized: Amour

Amour

  1. A surname from French.

amour meaning in Urdu

amour in Urdu

آشنائی, عشق, محبت, پیار

Forms of amour

pluralamours
alternative form (archaic)amor

Plural of amour: amours

Origin of amour

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 pronunciation would be /ˈæmə(ɹ)/; compare enamour, enamoured.

Words formed from amour

Phrases with amour

Words that rhyme with amour

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Questions about amour

What does amour mean?
Amour means courtship; flirtation.
What is amour in Urdu?
Amour in Urdu is آشنائی, عشق, محبت. See Amour meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is amour?
Amour can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce amour?
Amour is pronounced /əˈmʊə/ (UK).
What is the plural of amour?
The plural of amour is amours.

Words near amour in the dictionary

  1. amounted
  2. amounteth
  3. amounting
  4. amounts
  5. amounts of substance
  6. amour
  7. amour propre
  8. amour-propre
  9. amourette
  10. amourettes
  11. amoureux

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amour (page history and authors); Amour (page history and authors); amour (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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