Phrase guide

fall in love

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: animate object following “with”

Examples

  • I fell in love with him the moment I first saw him.
  • Have you ever fallen in love?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To come to have feelings of love towards each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, reciprocal

Examples

  • They met, fell in love, got married, and lived happily ever after.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To come to have feelings of intense liking directed at another person or a thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: inanimate object following "with"

Examples

  • I have just fallen in love with Rome!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

begin to experience feelings of love towards

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She fell in love with her former student

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fall

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

159 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: dashurohem — to come to have feelings of love
  • Arabic: وَقَعَ فِي حُبّ (waqaʕa fī ḥubb) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Arabic: عِشِق (ʕišig) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Arabic: حَبّ (ḥabb) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Armenian: սիրահարվել (siraharvel) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Azerbaijani: aşiq olmaq — to come to have feelings of love
  • Azerbaijani: vurulmaq — to come to have feelings of love
  • Belarusian: улюбля́цца (uljubljácca) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Belarusian: улюбі́цца (uljubícca) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Belarusian: закаха́цца (zakaxácca) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Belarusian: палюбі́ць (paljubícʹ) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Bulgarian: влю́бвам се (vljúbvam se) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Bulgarian: влю́бя се (vljúbja se) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Burmese: ရည်ငံ (ranyngam) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Catalan: enamorar-se — to come to have feelings of love
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愛上 /爱上 (àishàng) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掉入愛河之中 /掉入爱河之中 (diàorù ài hé zhīzhōng) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Chinese Mandarin: 墮入情網 /堕入情网 (duòrù qíngwǎng) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鍾情 /钟情 (zhōngqíng) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Czech: zamilovat se — to come to have feelings of love
  • Danish: forelske sig i — to come to have feelings of love
  • Danish: blive forelsket i — to come to have feelings of love
  • Dutch: verliefd worden — to come to have feelings of love
  • Dutch: verlieven — to come to have feelings of love
  • Esperanto: enamiĝi — to come to have feelings of love
  • Esperanto: ekami — to come to have feelings of love
  • Estonian: armuma — to come to have feelings of love
  • Finnish: rakastua — to come to have feelings of love
  • French: tomber amoureux — to come to have feelings of love
  • French: tomber amoureuse — to come to have feelings of love
  • French: s'amouracher — to come to have feelings of love
  • German: sich verlieben — to come to have feelings of love
  • Greek: ερωτεύομαι (erotévomai) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Hebrew: הִתְאַהֵב (hit'ahév) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Hindi: प्यार में पड़ना (pyār mẽ paṛnā) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Hungarian: beleszeret — to come to have feelings of love
  • Hungarian: szerelmes lesz — to come to have feelings of love
  • Icelandic: verða ástfanginn — to come to have feelings of love
  • Ido: ameskar — to come to have feelings of love
  • Indonesian: jatuh cinta — to come to have feelings of love
  • Italian: innamorarsi — to come to have feelings of love
  • Japanese: 好きになる (suki ni naru) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Japanese: 惚れる (horeru) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Japanese: 恋に落ちる (koi ni ochiru) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Kazakh: ғашық болу (ğaşyq bolu) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Khmer: ធ្លាក់ក្នុងអន្លង់ស្នេហ៍ (thlĕək knong ʼɑnlŭəng snae) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Korean: 사랑에 빠지다 (sarang'e ppajida) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Korean: 반하다 (banhada) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Korean: 사랑하게 되다 (saranghage doeda) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Northern Kurdish: dil dan — to come to have feelings of love
  • Northern Kurdish: dil ketin — to come to have feelings of love
  • Kyrgyz: сүйүп калуу (süyüp kaluu) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Kyrgyz: ашык болуу (aşık boluu) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Latin: exardesco — to come to have feelings of love
  • Latin: amorem ardeo — to come to have feelings of love
  • Latvian: iemīlēties — to come to have feelings of love
  • Lithuanian: pamilti — to come to have feelings of love
  • Lithuanian: įsimylėti — to come to have feelings of love
  • Macedonian: се вљубува (se vljubuva) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Macedonian: се вљуби (se vljubi) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Macedonian: се заљубува (se zaljubuva) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Macedonian: се заљуби (se zaljubi) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Macedonian: засакува (zasakuva) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Macedonian: засака (zasaka) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Norwegian: forelske — to come to have feelings of love
  • Persian: عاشق شدن ('âšeq šodan) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Polish: zakochiwać się — to come to have feelings of love
  • Polish: zakochać się — to come to have feelings of love
  • Portuguese: apaixonar-se — to come to have feelings of love
  • Portuguese: enamorar-se — to come to have feelings of love
  • Romanian: îndrăgosti — to come to have feelings of love
  • Russian: влюбля́ться (vljubljátʹsja) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Russian: влюби́ться (vljubítʹsja) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Russian: полюби́ть (poljubítʹ) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Scottish Gaelic: gabh gaol — to come to have feelings of love
  • Serbo-Croatian: zavoljeti — to come to have feelings of love
  • Serbo-Croatian: заљубљи́вати се — to come to have feelings of love
  • Serbo-Croatian: заљу́бити се — to come to have feelings of love
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaljubljívati se — to come to have feelings of love
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaljúbiti se — to come to have feelings of love
  • Sikkimese: ཆགས (chags) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Slovak: zamilovať sa — to come to have feelings of love
  • Slovene: zaljubiti se — to come to have feelings of love
  • Spanish: enamorarse — to come to have feelings of love
  • Spanish: embullarse — to come to have feelings of love
  • Spanish: enlunarse — to come to have feelings of love
  • Swedish: bli kär — to come to have feelings of love
  • Swedish: förälska sig — to come to have feelings of love
  • Tajik: ошиқ шудан (ošiq šudan) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Tajik: шайдо шудан (šaydo šudan) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Telugu: ప్రేమలోపడు (prēmalōpaḍu) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Thai: ตกหลุมรัก (dtòk-lǔm-rák) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Thai: หลงรัก (lǒng-rák) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Tibetan: སེམས་ཤོར (sems shor) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Turkish: âşık olmak — to come to have feelings of love
  • Turkish: vurulmak — to come to have feelings of love
  • Turkmen: aşyk bolmak — to come to have feelings of love
  • Udmurt: синмаськыны (śinmaśkyny) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Ukrainian: зако́хуватися (zakóxuvatysja) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Ukrainian: закоха́тися (zakoxátysja) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Ukrainian: полюби́ти (poljubýty) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Urdu: پیار میں پڑنا (pyār mẽ paṛnā) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Urdu: محبت میں پڑنا (muhabbat mẽ paṛnā) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Uyghur: كۆيۈپ قالماق (köyüp qalmaq) — to come to have feelings of love
  • Uzbek: oshiq boʻlmoq — to come to have feelings of love
  • Uzbek: sevib qolmoq — to come to have feelings of love
  • Vietnamese: phải lòng — to come to have feelings of love
  • Vietnamese: đổ — to come to have feelings of love
  • Albanian: dashurohem — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Bulgarian: влю́бвам се (vljúbvam se) — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Bulgarian: влю́бя се (vljúbja se) — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Czech: zamilovat se — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Danish: forelske sig i — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Danish: blive forelsket i — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Dutch: verliefd worden — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Dutch: verlieven — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Esperanto: enamiĝi — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Finnish: rakastua — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • French: tomber amoureux — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • French: tomber amoureuse — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • German: sich verlieben — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Greek: ερωτεύομαι (erotévomai) — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Hungarian: egymásba szeret — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Ido: ameskar — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Italian: innamorarsi — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Japanese: 好きになる (suki ni naru) — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Latin: exardesco — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Latin: amorem ardeo — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Polish: zakochiwać się w sobie — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Polish: zakochać się w sobie — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Portuguese: apaixonar-se — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Portuguese: enamorar-se — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Romanian: îndrăgosti — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Romanian: înamora — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Russian: влюбля́ться (vljubljátʹsja) — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Russian: влюби́ться (vljubítʹsja) — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Slovene: zaljubiti se — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Spanish: enamorarse — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Spanish: amartelarse — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Swedish: bli kära — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Swedish: förälska sig — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Telugu: ప్రేమలోపడు (prēmalōpaḍu) — to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • Bulgarian: влю́бвам се (vljúbvam se) — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Bulgarian: влю́бя се (vljúbja se) — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Danish: forelske sig — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Finnish: ihastua — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • German: sich verlieben — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Hungarian: beleszeret — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Italian: innamorarsi — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Latin: exardesco — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Latin: amorem ardeo — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Polish: zakochiwać się — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Polish: zakochać się — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Romanian: îndrăgosti — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Scottish Gaelic: gabh gaol — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Spanish: enamorarse — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Spanish: quedar prendado — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Swedish: bli kär — to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • Swedish: förälska sig — to come to have feelings of intense liking