Phrase guide

love song

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A song about love; a song that expresses amorous feelings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a song about love or expressing love for another person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: love-song

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: song, vocal

History

Etymology

From Middle English love song (“a song about love”).

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: любо́вна пе́сен (ljubóvna pésen) — song about love
  • Chinese Cantonese: 情歌 (cing4 go1) — song about love
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情歌 (qínggē) — song about love
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戀歌 /恋歌 (liàngē) — song about love
  • Czech: milostná píseň — song about love
  • Danish: kærlighedssang — song about love
  • Dutch: liefdeslied — song about love
  • Esperanto: amkanto — song about love
  • Finnish: rakkauslaulu — song about love
  • French: chanson d'amour — song about love
  • German: Liebeslied — song about love
  • Italian: canzone d'amore — song about love
  • Japanese: 愛の歌 (ai no uta) — song about love
  • Japanese: ラブソング (rabu songu) — song about love
  • Japanese: 恋歌 (renka) — song about love
  • Japanese: 情歌 (jōka) — song about love
  • Korean: 연가 (yeon'ga) — song about love
  • Korean: 사랑의 노래 (sarang'ui norae) — song about love
  • Korean: 정가 (jeongga) — song about love
  • Korean: 러브 송 — song about love
  • Malayalam: പ്രണയഗാനം (praṇayagānaṁ) — song about love
  • Māori: waiata ipo — song about love
  • Māori: waiata aroha — song about love
  • Polish: piosenka miłosna — song about love
  • Polish: piosenka o miłości — song about love
  • Russian: пе́сня о любви́ (pésnja o ljubví) — song about love
  • Russian: любо́вная пе́сня (ljubóvnaja pésnja) — song about love
  • Spanish: canción de amor — song about love
  • Swedish: kärlekssång — song about love
  • Swedish: kärleksvisa — song about love
  • Swedish: kärlekslåt — song about love
  • Turkish: aşk şarkısı — song about love
  • Vietnamese: tình ca — song about love
  • Vietnamese: tình khúc — song about love