"enamor" meaning in All languages combined

See enamor on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪˈnamə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈnæmɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-enamor.ogg [US], en-au-enamor.ogg [Australia] Forms: enamors [present, singular, third-person], enamoring [participle, present], enamored [participle, past], enamored [past]
Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English enamouren, a late back-formation from enamoured, itself a partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer, enamourer, equivalent to prefix en- + amor + -er. See amour, and compare inamorato. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|enamouren}} Middle English enamouren, {{glossary|back-formation}} back-formation, {{m|enm|enamoured}} enamoured, {{glossary|partial calque}} partial calque, {{der|en|fro|enamore}} Old French enamore, {{m|fro|enamorer}} enamorer, {{m|fro|enamourer}} enamourer, {{af|fro|en-|amor|-er|nocat=1}} en- + amor + -er, {{m|en|amour}} amour, {{m|en|inamorato}} inamorato Head templates: {{en-verb}} enamor (third-person singular simple present enamors, present participle enamoring, simple past and past participle enamored)
  1. (mostly in the passive, followed by "of" or "with") To cause to be in love. Tags: US Categories (topical): Love Translations (to inflame with love): դյութել (dyutʻel) (Armenian), հմայել (hmayel) (Armenian), գրավել (gravel) (Armenian), սիրահարեցնել (siraharecʻnel) (Armenian), enamorar (Catalan), okouzlit [perfective] (Czech), rakastua (Finnish), erobern (German), се вљу́би (se vljúbi) (Macedonian), tokomauri (Maori), oczarować (Polish), rozkochać (Polish), очаровать (očarovatʹ) (Russian), enamorarse (Spanish), adamar [archaic] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-enamor-en-verb-vrJpVft6 Disambiguation of Love: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'to inflame with love': 87 13
  2. (mostly in the passive) To captivate. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-enamor-en-verb-4JLlrbqa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enamour [UK], inamor, inamour [archaic] Related terms: fall in love, fall out of love, love, unlove

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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