verb
Meaning 1
To cause to be in love.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
enamor
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈnamə/
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General-American: /ɪˈnæmɚ/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æmə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: EH0 N AE1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To captivate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
attract; cause to be enamored
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She captured all the men's hearts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attract, appeal
Narrower terms: hold, work
History
Etymology
From Middle English enamouren, a late back-formation from enamoured, itself a partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer, enamourer, equivalent to prefix en- + amor + -er. See amour, and compare inamorato.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: դյութել (dyutʻel) — to inflame with love
- Armenian: հմայել (hmayel) — to inflame with love
- Armenian: գրավել (gravel) — to inflame with love
- Armenian: սիրահարեցնել (siraharecʻnel) — to inflame with love
- Catalan: enamorar — to inflame with love
- Czech: okouzlit — to inflame with love
- Finnish: rakastua — to inflame with love
- German: erobern — to inflame with love
- Macedonian: се вљу́би (se vljúbi) — to inflame with love
- Māori: tokomauri — to inflame with love
- Polish: oczarowywać — to inflame with love
- Polish: oczarować — to inflame with love
- Polish: rozkochiwać — to inflame with love
- Polish: rozkochać — to inflame with love
- Russian: очаровать (očarovatʹ) — to inflame with love
- Spanish: enamorarse — to inflame with love
- Spanish: adamar — to inflame with love