lover

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• General-American: /ˈlʌvɚ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlʌvə/
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• rhymes with -ʌvə(ɹ)
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From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er.

387 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ahom: 𑜀𑜦𑜡 𑜍𑜀𑜫 (kō rak) — one who loves another person
• Southern Altai: ойнош (oynoš) — one who loves another person
• Alviri-Vidari: عاشوق (āššuq) — one who loves another person
• Arabic: عَاشِق (ʕāšiq) — one who loves another person
• Arabic: عَاشِقَة (ʕāšiqa) — one who loves another person
• Arabic: مُحِبّ (muḥibb) — one who loves another person
• Arabic: مُحِبَّة (muḥibba) — one who loves another person
• Arabic: عَشِيق (ʕašīq) — one who loves another person
• Armenian: սիրահար (sirahar) — one who loves another person
• Azerbaijani: aşiq — one who loves another person
• Bashkir: ғашиҡ (ğaşiq) — one who loves another person
• Belarusian: палюбо́ўнік (paljubównik) — one who loves another person
• Belarusian: палюбо́ўніца (paljubównica) — one who loves another person
• Belarusian: каха́нак (kaxának) — one who loves another person
• Belarusian: каха́нка (kaxánka) — one who loves another person
• Bengali: প্রেমিক (premik) — one who loves another person
• Bengali: প্রেমিকা (premika) — one who loves another person
• Bulgarian: любо́вник (ljubóvnik) — one who loves another person
• Bulgarian: любо́вница (ljubóvnica) — one who loves another person
• Catalan: amant — one who loves another person
• Cebuano: uyab — one who loves another person
• Chinese Cantonese: 戀人 /恋人 (lyun2 jan4) — one who loves another person
• Chinese Cantonese: 情人 (cing4 jan4) — one who loves another person
• Chinese Cantonese: 愛人 /爱人 (oi3 jan4) — one who loves another person
• Chinese Mandarin: 戀人 /恋人 (liànrén) — one who loves another person
• Chinese Mandarin: 情人 (qíngrén) — one who loves another person
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛人 /爱人 (àiren) — one who loves another person
• Crimean Tatar: sevgili — one who loves another person
• Crimean Tatar: süygili — one who loves another person
• Czech: milenec — one who loves another person
• Czech: milenka — one who loves another person
• Danish: elsker — one who loves another person
• Danish: elskerinde — one who loves another person
• Dutch: minnaar — one who loves another person
• Dutch: minnares — one who loves another person
• Esperanto: amanto — one who loves another person
• Esperanto: amantino — one who loves another person
• Faroese: sjeikur — one who loves another person
• Faroese: unnusta — one who loves another person
• Finnish: rakastaja — one who loves another person
• Finnish: rakas — one who loves another person
• French: amoureux — one who loves another person
• French: amoureuse — one who loves another person
• Galician: amador — one who loves another person
• Galician: amante — one who loves another person
• Georgian: შეყვარებული (šeq̇varebuli) — one who loves another person
• German: Geliebter — one who loves another person
• German: Geliebte — one who loves another person
• German: Liebender — one who loves another person
• German: Liebende — one who loves another person
• Greek: εραστής (erastís) — one who loves another person
• Greek: ερωμένη (eroméni) — one who loves another person
• Ancient Greek: ἐραστής (erastḗs) — one who loves another person
• Gujarati: આશક (āśak) — one who loves another person
• Gujarati: પ્રેમી (premī) — one who loves another person
• Gujarati: વલ્લભ (vallabh) — one who loves another person
• Gujarati: પ્રેમિકા (premikā) — one who loves another person
• Gujarati: માશૂક (māśūk) — one who loves another person
• Gujarati: પ્રિયા (priyā) — one who loves another person
• Hebrew: אָהוּב (ahúv) — one who loves another person
• Hebrew: מְאַהֵב (m'ahév) — one who loves another person
• Hindi: प्रेमी (premī) — one who loves another person
• Hindi: प्रेमिका (premikā) — one who loves another person
• Hindi: प्रणयी (praṇyī) — one who loves another person
• Hungarian: kedves — one who loves another person
• Hungarian: pár — one who loves another person
• Icelandic: ástmaður — one who loves another person
• Icelandic: ástkona — one who loves another person
• Indonesian: kekasih — one who loves another person
• Irish: leannán — one who loves another person
• Italian: amante — one who loves another person
• Japanese: 恋人 (koibito) — one who loves another person
• Japanese: 愛人 (aijin) — one who loves another person
• Kavalan: qnangil — one who loves another person
• Kazakh: ашына (aşyna) — one who loves another person
• Kazakh: ғашық (ğaşyq) — one who loves another person
• Korean: 연인 (yeonin) — one who loves another person
• Korean: 련인 (ryeonin) — one who loves another person
• Korean: 애인 (aein) — one who loves another person
• Kyrgyz: ойнош (oynoş) — one who loves another person
• Kyrgyz: ашык (aşık) — one who loves another person
• Latin: amātor — one who loves another person
• Latin: amātrix — one who loves another person
• Latin: amāns — one who loves another person
• Macedonian: љубовник (ljubovnik) — one who loves another person
• Macedonian: љубовница (ljubovnica) — one who loves another person
• Malay: kekasih — one who loves another person
• Malayalam: കാമുകൻ (kāmukaṉ) — one who loves another person
• Māori: whakaaweawe — one who loves another person
• Māori: kairoro — one who loves another person
• Māori: ipo — one who loves another person
• Māori: tahu — one who loves another person
• Māori: tau — one who loves another person
• Māori: tau o te ate — one who loves another person
• Māori: makai — one who loves another person
• Māori: whaiāipo — one who loves another person
• Marathi: प्रियकर (priyakar) — one who loves another person
• Marathi: प्रेयसी (preyasī) — one who loves another person
• Middle English: lovere — one who loves another person
• Mongolian: амраг (amrag) — one who loves another person
• Mongolian: ᠠᠮᠠᠷᠠᠭ (amaraɣ) — one who loves another person
• Norwegian Bokmål: elsker — one who loves another person
• Norwegian Bokmål: elskerinne — one who loves another person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elskar — one who loves another person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elskarinne — one who loves another person
• Old Occitan: amador — one who loves another person
• Church Slavic: люблѥникъ (ljubljenikŭ) — one who loves another person
• Old English: lufiend — one who loves another person
• Iranian Persian: عاشِق (âšeġ) — one who loves another person
• Iranian Persian: دوسْتْدار (dustdâr) — one who loves another person
• Iranian Persian: خاطِرْخواه (xâterxâh) — one who loves another person
• Iranian Persian: دِلْدادِه (deldâde) — one who loves another person
• Polish: ukochany — one who loves another person
• Polish: ukochana — one who loves another person
• Portuguese: amante — one who loves another person
• Romanian: iubit — one who loves another person
• Romanian: iubită — one who loves another person
• Romanian: amant — one who loves another person
• Romanian: amantă — one who loves another person
• Russian: любо́вник (ljubóvnik) — one who loves another person
• Russian: любо́вница (ljubóvnica) — one who loves another person
• Russian: возлю́бленный (vozljúblennyj) — one who loves another person
• Russian: возлю́бленная (vozljúblennaja) — one who loves another person
• Russian: влюблённый (vljubljónnyj) — one who loves another person
• Russian: влюблённая (vljubljónnaja) — one who loves another person
• Scottish Gaelic: leannan — one who loves another person
• Scottish Gaelic: gràdh — one who loves another person
• Scottish Gaelic: cuspair — one who loves another person
• Serbo-Croatian: љу́ба̄внӣк — one who loves another person
• Serbo-Croatian: љу́ба̄вница — one who loves another person
• Serbo-Croatian: швалер — one who loves another person
• Serbo-Croatian: швалерка — one who loves another person
• Serbo-Croatian: ljúbāvnīk — one who loves another person
• Serbo-Croatian: ljúbāvnica — one who loves another person
• Serbo-Croatian: švaler — one who loves another person
• Serbo-Croatian: švalerka — one who loves another person
• Slovak: milenec — one who loves another person
• Slovak: milenka — one who loves another person
• Slovene: ljubimec — one who loves another person
• Spanish: amante — one who loves another person
• Spanish: enamorado — one who loves another person
• Spanish: enamorada — one who loves another person
• Spanish: amasio — one who loves another person
• Spanish: querindongo (despective) — one who loves another person
• Spanish: jaño — one who loves another person
• Spanish: querendón — one who loves another person
• Swahili: mpenzi — one who loves another person
• Swedish: älskare — one who loves another person
• Swedish: älskarinna — one who loves another person
• Swedish: älskande — one who loves another person
• Tajik: ошиқ (ošiq) — one who loves another person
• Tatar: гашыйк (ğaşıyq) — one who loves another person
• Telugu: ప్రియుడు (priyuḍu) — one who loves another person
• Telugu: ప్రియురాలు (priyurālu) — one who loves another person
• Thai: คู่รัก (kûu-rák) — one who loves another person
• Thai: คนรัก (kon-rák) — one who loves another person
• Tok Pisin: pren — one who loves another person
• Turkish: sevgili — one who loves another person
• Turkish: âşık — one who loves another person
• Turkmen: aşyk — one who loves another person
• Ukrainian: коха́нок (koxánok) — one who loves another person
• Ukrainian: коха́нець (koxánecʹ) — one who loves another person
• Ukrainian: коха́нка (koxánka) — one who loves another person
• Urdu: عاشِق ('āśiq) — one who loves another person
• Urdu: عاشِقَہ ('āśiqa) — one who loves another person
• Uyghur: يار (yar) — one who loves another person
• Uyghur: ئاشىق (ashiq) — one who loves another person
• Uzbek: oshiq — one who loves another person
• Vietnamese: người yêu — one who loves another person
• Welsh: cariad — one who loves another person
• Woiwurrung: ngan.grung — one who loves another person
• Yiddish: קאָכאַניק (kokhanik) — one who loves another person
• Yiddish: קאָכאַנקע (kokhanke) — one who loves another person
• Yiddish: קאָכאַנטשיק (kokhantshik) — one who loves another person
• Yiddish: געליבטער (gelibter) — one who loves another person
• Yiddish: געליבטע (gelibte) — one who loves another person
• Yiddish: ליובאָווניק (lyubovnik) — one who loves another person
• Yiddish: ליובאָווניצע (lyubovnitse) — one who loves another person
• Yup'ik: kenkesteka — one who loves another person
• Albanian: dashnor — sexual partner
• Albanian: dashnore — sexual partner
• Southern Altai: ойнош (oynoš) — sexual partner
• Arabic: عَاشِق (ʕāšiq) — sexual partner
• Arabic: عَاشِقَة (ʕāšiqa) — sexual partner
• Arabic: مُحِبّ (muḥibb) — sexual partner
• Arabic: مُحِبَّة (muḥibba) — sexual partner
• Arabic: عَشِيق (ʕašīq) — sexual partner
• Armenian: սիրած (sirac) — sexual partner
• Armenian: սիրեկան (sirekan) — sexual partner
• Armenian: սիրուհի (siruhi) — sexual partner
• Azerbaijani: oynaş — sexual partner
• Azerbaijani: məşuqə — sexual partner
• Bashkir: ғашиҡ (ğaşiq) — sexual partner
• Belarusian: палюбо́ўнік (paljubównik) — sexual partner
• Belarusian: палюбо́ўніца (paljubównica) — sexual partner
• Belarusian: каха́нак (kaxának) — sexual partner
• Belarusian: каха́нка (kaxánka) — sexual partner
• Bengali: আশেক (aśek) — sexual partner
• Bengali: প্রেমিক (premik) — sexual partner
• Bengali: প্রেমিকা (premika) — sexual partner
• Bulgarian: любо́вник (ljubóvnik) — sexual partner
• Bulgarian: любо́вница (ljubóvnica) — sexual partner
• Burmese: သယောက် (sa.yauk) — sexual partner
• Burmese: လင်ငယ် (langngai) — sexual partner
• Catalan: amant — sexual partner
• Catalan: amistançat — sexual partner
• Chinese Cantonese: 情人 (cing4 jan4) — sexual partner
• Chinese Mandarin: 情人 (qíngrén) — sexual partner
• Czech: milenec — sexual partner
• Czech: milenka — sexual partner
• Danish: elsker — sexual partner
• Danish: elskerinde — sexual partner
• Dutch: minnaar — sexual partner
• Dutch: minnares — sexual partner
• Esperanto: amanto — sexual partner
• Esperanto: amantino — sexual partner
• Esperanto: amdonanto — sexual partner
• Esperanto: amdonantino — sexual partner
• Estonian: armuke — sexual partner
• Estonian: armastaja — sexual partner
• Finnish: rakastaja — sexual partner
• French: amant — sexual partner
• French: amante — sexual partner
• Galician: amante — sexual partner
• Galician: amigo — sexual partner
• Galician: querido — sexual partner
• Georgian: საყვარელი (saq̇vareli) — sexual partner
• German: Liebhaber — sexual partner
• German: Liebhaberin — sexual partner
• Greek: εραστής (erastís) — sexual partner
• Greek: ερωμένη (eroméni) — sexual partner
• Greek: αγαπητικός (agapitikós) — sexual partner
• Greek: αγαπητικιά (agapitikiá) — sexual partner
• Ancient Greek: ἐραστής (erastḗs) — sexual partner
• Hindi: प्रेमिक (premik) — sexual partner
• Hindi: प्रेमिका (premikā) — sexual partner
• Hindi: प्रेमी (premī) — sexual partner
• Hungarian: szerető — sexual partner
• Icelandic: ástmaður — sexual partner
• Icelandic: ástkona — sexual partner
• Italian: amante — sexual partner
• Japanese: 愛人 (aijin) — sexual partner
• Japanese: 情婦 (jōfu) — sexual partner
• Korean: 애인 (aein) — sexual partner
• Korean: 정부 (jeongbu) — sexual partner
• Kyrgyz: ойнош (oynoş) — sexual partner
• Latin: amāns — sexual partner
• Latin: amator — sexual partner
• Latin: amātrix — sexual partner
• Latvian: mīļākais — sexual partner
• Latvian: mīlētājs — sexual partner
• Latvian: mīlētāja — sexual partner
• Lithuanian: meilužis — sexual partner
• Lithuanian: meilužė — sexual partner
• Macedonian: љубовник (ljubovnik) — sexual partner
• Macedonian: љубовница (ljubovnica) — sexual partner
• Macedonian: швалер (švaler) — sexual partner
• Macedonian: швалерка (švalerka) — sexual partner
• Malayalam: കാമുകൻ (kāmukaṉ) — sexual partner
• Middle English: lovere — sexual partner
• Mongolian: амраг (amrag) — sexual partner
• Mongolian: ᠠᠮᠠᠷᠠᠭ (amaraɣ) — sexual partner
• Norwegian Bokmål: elsker — sexual partner
• Norwegian Bokmål: elskerinne — sexual partner
• Iranian Persian: عاشِق (âšeġ) — sexual partner
• Iranian Persian: مَعْشوقِه (ma'šuġe) — sexual partner
• Polish: amant — sexual partner
• Polish: amantka — sexual partner
• Polish: kochanek — sexual partner
• Polish: kochanka — sexual partner
• Polish: kochanica — sexual partner
• Polish: gach — sexual partner
• Portuguese: amante — sexual partner
• Romanian: amant — sexual partner
• Romanian: amantă — sexual partner
• Romanian: ibovnic — sexual partner
• Romanian: ibovnică — sexual partner
• Russian: любо́вник (ljubóvnik) — sexual partner
• Russian: любо́вница (ljubóvnica) — sexual partner
• Sanskrit: कामुक (kāmuka) — sexual partner
• Serbo-Croatian: љу́ба̄внӣк — sexual partner
• Serbo-Croatian: љу́ба̄вница — sexual partner
• Serbo-Croatian: ljúbāvnīk — sexual partner
• Serbo-Croatian: ljúbāvnica — sexual partner
• Slovak: milenec — sexual partner
• Slovak: milenka — sexual partner
• Slovene: ljubimec — sexual partner
• Slovene: ljubimka — sexual partner
• Slovene: ljubček — sexual partner
• Slovene: ljubica — sexual partner
• Spanish: amante — sexual partner
• Swahili: mpenzi — sexual partner
• Swedish: älskare — sexual partner
• Swedish: älskarinna — sexual partner
• Tajik: ошиқ (ošiq) — sexual partner
• Tajik: маъшуқа (ma'šuqa) — sexual partner
• Tatar: гашыйк (ğaşıyq) — sexual partner
• Turkish: oynaş — sexual partner
• Turkish: âşık — sexual partner
• Ukrainian: коха́нок (koxánok) — sexual partner
• Ukrainian: коха́нець (koxánecʹ) — sexual partner
• Ukrainian: коха́нка (koxánka) — sexual partner
• Urdu: آشْنا (āśnā) — sexual partner
• Urdu: عاشِق ('āśiq) — sexual partner
• Urdu: عاشِقَہ ('āśiqa) — sexual partner
• Urdu: مَعْشُوق (ma'śūq) — sexual partner
• Urdu: مَعْشُوقَہ (ma'śūqa) — sexual partner
• Uzbek: oʻynash — sexual partner
• Uzbek: jazman — sexual partner
• Uzbek: maʼshuqa — sexual partner
• Vietnamese: người tình bạn tình — sexual partner
• Yiddish: קאָכאַניק (kokhanik) — sexual partner
• Yiddish: קאָכאַנקע (kokhanke) — sexual partner
• Yiddish: קאָכאַנטשיק (kokhantshik) — sexual partner
• Yiddish: געליבטער (gelibter) — sexual partner
• Yiddish: געליבטע (gelibte) — sexual partner
• Yiddish: ליובאָווניק (lyubovnik) — sexual partner
• Yiddish: ליובאָווניצע (lyubovnitse) — sexual partner
• Southern Altai: сӱӱчи (süüči) — person who loves something
• Arabic: مُغْرَم (muḡram) — person who loves something
• Armenian: սիրահար (sirahar) — person who loves something
• Asturian: amante — person who loves something
• Belarusian: любі́цель (ljubícjelʹ) — person who loves something
• Belarusian: любі́целька (ljubícjelʹka) — person who loves something
• Belarusian: любі́цельніца (ljubícjelʹnica) — person who loves something
• Bulgarian: люби́тел (ljubítel) — person who loves something
• Bulgarian: люби́телка (ljubítelka) — person who loves something
• Catalan: amant — person who loves something
• Chinese Cantonese: 愛好者 /爱好者 (oi3 hou3 ze2) — person who loves something
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛好者 /爱好者 (àihàozhě) — person who loves something
• Czech: milovník — person who loves something
• Czech: milovnice — person who loves something
• Finnish: rakastaja — person who loves something
• French: amateur — person who loves something
• French: amatrice — person who loves something
• Galician: amante — person who loves something
• Galician: amador — person who loves something
• Georgian: მოყვარული (moq̇varuli) — person who loves something
• German: Kenner — person who loves something
• German: Kennerin — person who loves something
• German: -freund — person who loves something
• German: -freundin — person who loves something
• German: -liebhaber — person who loves something
• German: -liebhaberin — person who loves something
• Greek: λάτρης (látris) — person who loves something
• Greek: θαυμαστής (thavmastís) — person who loves something
• Greek: θαυμάστρια (thavmástria) — person who loves something
• Hungarian: rajongó — person who loves something
• Hungarian: kedvelő — person who loves something
• Hungarian: barát — person who loves something
• Italian: amante — person who loves something
• Japanese: 愛好家 (aikōka) — person who loves something
• Korean: 애호자 (aehoja) — person who loves something
• Korean: 애호가 (aehoga) — person who loves something
• Kyrgyz: сүйүүчү (süyüücü) — person who loves something
• Latvian: mīļotājs — person who loves something
• Latvian: mīļotāja — person who loves something
• Macedonian: љубител (ljubitel) — person who loves something
• Macedonian: љубителка (ljubitelka) — person who loves something
• Malayalam: പ്രിയൻ (priyaṉ) — person who loves something
• Middle English: lovere — person who loves something
• Norwegian Bokmål: elsker — person who loves something
• Iranian Persian: عاشِق (âšeġ) — person who loves something
• Polish: amator — person who loves something
• Polish: amatorka — person who loves something
• Polish: miłośnik — person who loves something
• Polish: miłośniczka — person who loves something
• Portuguese: amante — person who loves something
• Romanian: om iubitor — person who loves something
• Romanian: persoană iubitoare — person who loves something
• Romanian: fan — person who loves something
• Russian: люби́тель (ljubítelʹ) — person who loves something
• Russian: люби́тельница (ljubítelʹnica) — person who loves something
• Serbo-Croatian: љу̀битељ — person who loves something
• Serbo-Croatian: љубитѐљица — person who loves something
• Serbo-Croatian: ljùbitelj — person who loves something
• Serbo-Croatian: ljubitèljica — person who loves something
• Slovak: milovník — person who loves something
• Slovak: milovníčka — person who loves something
• Slovene: ljubitelj — person who loves something
• Slovene: ljubiteljica — person who loves something
• Spanish: amante — person who loves something
• Swahili: mpenzi — person who loves something
• Telugu: ప్రేమికుడు (prēmikuḍu) — person who loves something
• Telugu: ప్రేమికురాలు (prēmikurālu) — person who loves something
• Ukrainian: люби́тель (ljubýtelʹ) — person who loves something
• Ukrainian: люби́телька (ljubýtelʹka) — person who loves something