Standard Lemma guide

loved

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /lʌvd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌvd
  • CMU ARPABET: L AH1 V D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Being the object of love.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of love

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

held dear

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his loved companion of many years

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unloved

History

Etymology

From Middle English loved, luvd, from Old English lufode, first and third person singular past indicative of lufian; and Middle English loved, iloved, from Old English ġelufod, past participle of lufian; both equivalent to love + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: бзиа избоз (bzja izboz) — being the object of love
  • Albanian: i dashuruar — being the object of love
  • Arabic: مَحْبُوب (maḥbūb) — being the object of love
  • Bashkir: яратҡан (yaratqan) — being the object of love
  • Chuvash: юратнӑ (juratnă) — being the object of love
  • Finnish: rakastettu — being the object of love
  • French: aimé — being the object of love
  • French: adoré — being the object of love
  • German: geliebt — being the object of love
  • Hebrew: אהוב (ahúv) — being the object of love
  • Hungarian: szeretett — being the object of love
  • Hungarian: szeretve — being the object of love
  • Japanese: 愛され — being the object of love
  • Kazakh: сүйген (süigen) — being the object of love
  • Latvian: mīlēja — being the object of love
  • Lithuanian: mylėjo — being the object of love
  • Plautdietsch: beleeft — being the object of love
  • Portuguese: amado — being the object of love
  • Romanian: iubit — being the object of love
  • Romanian: drag — being the object of love
  • Romanian: scump — being the object of love
  • Russian: люби́мый (ljubímyj) — being the object of love
  • Serbo-Croatian: voljen — being the object of love
  • Spanish: amado — being the object of love
  • Tajik: дӯст медошт (düst medošt) — being the object of love
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