lover
English
/ˈlʌvɚ/, /ˈlʌvə/
noun
Definitions
- One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse.
- A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
- A person who loves something.
- (West Country)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lovere suffix from English love.
Origin
English
love
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antilove English
- bird English
- birdlover English
- book English
- booklover English
- cat English
- catlover English
- cyberlove English
- cyberlover English
- dog English
- doglover English
- forelove English
- homo English
- homolover English
- lack-love English
- ladylove English
- leaflove English
- lovability English
- lovable English
- love English
- love apple English
- love feast English
- love-shy English
- loveable English
- loveaholic English
- lovebead English
- lovebird English
- lovebot English
- lovebud English
- lovebug English
- loved English
- loveday English
- lovedom English
- lovee English
- lovefest English
- loveful English
- lovekin English
- loveless English
- lovelight English
- lovelike English
- loveling English
- lovelock English
- lovelore English
- lovely English
- lovemaker English
- lovemaking English
- lovemap English
- lovemate English
- lovemobile English
- lovemonger English
- loveness English
- lovered English
- loveress English
- loverhood English
- loverless English
- loverlike English
- loverliness English
- loverly English
- loverman English
- loverwise English
- loveship English
- lovesick English
- lovesome English
- lovest English
- lovestone English
- lovetap English
- loveteam English
- loveth English
- loveworthy English
- lovey English
- lovez English
- lovie English
- lovish English
- man English
- manlover English
- mislove English
- money-love English
- mother English
- motherlove English
- motherlover English
- nigger English
- niggerlover English
- nonlove English
- nonlover English
- outlove English
- overlove English
- relove English
- self-love English
- truelove English
- unlove English
- unloverlike English
- woman English
- womanlover English
- word English
- word-lover English
- lovettaa Finnish
- Lover German
- ラブ Japanese
- ラブホテル Japanese
- love Middle English
- lovere Middle English
- löf Volapük
- lav Tok Pisin
- lavim Tok Pisin
- alobi Sranan Tongo
- lobi Sranan Tongo
- lobi Aukan
- cat
- dog
- man
- bird
- homo
- love
- word
- book
- lovey
- woman
- lovee
- lovie
- loved
- lovez
- unlove
- mother
- lovely
- lovish
- nigger
- relove
- lovest
- loveth
- loverly
- lovebud
- lovebug
- lovebot
- nonlove
- lovetap
- loveful
- lovekin
- lovable
- lovemap
- mislove
- lovedom
- outlove
- loveday
- lovered
- truelove
- nonlover
- love-shy
- loveless
- lovelock
- loveness
- overlove
- antilove
- lovefest
- lovesome
- forelove
- catlover
- loveling
- manlover
- lovelike
- loveress
- loveteam
- loveship
- loverman
- lovebird
- lovelore
- doglover
- lovemate
- loveable
- leaflove
- ladylove
- lovesick
- lovebead
- lovestone
- lack-love
- booklover
- loverlike
- lovelight
- self-love
- loverhood
- lovemaker
- homolover
- birdlover
- loverless
- loverwise
- cyberlove
- love feast
- lovability
- lovemaking
- loveworthy
- motherlove
- love apple
- loveaholic
- womanlover
- word-lover
- lovemobile
- cyberlover
- money-love
- lovemonger
- unloverlike
- niggerlover
- motherlover
- loverliness