Phrase guide

unrequited love

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անպատասխան սեր (anpatasxan ser) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Bulgarian: несподелена любов (nespodelena ljubov) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Catalan: amor no correspost — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單相思 /单相思 (dānxiāngsī) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單戀 /单恋 (dānliàn) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Czech: neopětovaná láska — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Dutch: onbeantwoorde liefde — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Esperanto: nereciproka amo — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Finnish: yksipuolinen rakkaus — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Finnish: vastakaiuton rakkaus — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • French: amour non récompensé — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • French: amour non échangé — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • French: amour non partagé — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • French: amour non-réciproqué — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • German: unerwiderte Liebe — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Greek: απλήρωτη αγάπη (aplíroti agápi) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Hebrew: אהבה נכזבת (ahaˈva niχˈzevet) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Hebrew: אהבה חד־צדדית (ahaˈva χad t͡sdaˈdit) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Icelandic: óendurgoldin ást — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Indonesian: cinta tak berbalas — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Indonesian: cinta bertepuk sebelah tangan — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Irish: grá gan chúiteamh — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Italian: amore non corrisposto — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Japanese: 片思い (kataomoi) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Korean: 짝사랑 (jjaksarang) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Latin: amor non reciprocatus — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Māori: mate konehe — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Portuguese: amor não correspondido — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Russian: неразделённая любо́вь (nerazdeljónnaja ljubóvʹ) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Russian: любо́вь без взаи́мности (ljubóvʹ bez vzaímnosti) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Russian: безотве́тная любо́вь (bezotvétnaja ljubóvʹ) — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Scottish Gaelic: gràdh neo-dhìolta — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Slovak: neopätovaná láska — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Spanish: amor no correspondido — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Spanish: amor no reciprocado — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Spanish: amor sin contrapartida — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Swedish: obesvarad kärlek — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Turkish: karşılıksız aşk — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Turkish: platonik aşk — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Vietnamese: tình yêu đơn phương — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Vietnamese: tình đơn phương — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
  • Welsh: cariad annychweledig — love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired