/əˈmʊə/, /aˈmʊə/, /əˈmʊɹ/
OriginInherited from Middle English amour, from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor.
The modern pronunciation is due to continual French influence; the expected development would be /ˈæmə(ɹ)/, as seen in enamour, enamoured.
- countable, uncountableCourtship; flirtation.
“Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all—and yet there's something in that voice of hers….”
- countable, uncountableA love affair.
“Jones had mentioned the Fact of his Amour, and of his being the Rival of Blifil, but had cautiously concealed the Name of the young Lady.”
“The amours of the greater scaup are, if anything, even more varied.”
- countable, uncountableA lover.
“‘Dulce, will you go to the masquerade-ball to night?’ said I to my lesser-half, on a bright evening during the gayest part of the ‘carnival season.’ / ‘No, my amor,’ answered she; ‘I am ill this eveni”
“Makes you wonder how they were able to see their amours, or their hands...”
- countable, obsolete, uncountableLove, affection.
Formsamours(plural) · amor(alternative)