"loved one" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: loved ones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} loved one (plural loved ones)
  1. A very close friend or family member for whom a person has feelings of endearment, one of someone's close ones; sometimes: next of kin (for example on hospital admission form). Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-loved_one-en-noun-kUzK3Mm2 Disambiguation of People: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 56 44
  2. (euphemistic) A recently deceased close friend or family member. Tags: euphemistic Translations (recently deceased friend or family member): läheinen (english: family or friend) (Finnish), omainen (english: family) (Finnish), אהוב (ahúv) [masculine] (Hebrew), אהובה (ahuvá) [feminine] (Hebrew), szerette (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-loved_one-en-noun-Jx2nr3uB Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'recently deceased friend or family member': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (very close friend or family member): läheinen (english: family or friend) (Finnish), omainen (english: family) (Finnish), proche [masculine] (French), être aimé [masculine] (French), Angehöriger [masculine] (German), Freund [masculine] (German), Angehörige [feminine] (German), Freundin [feminine] (German), Liebster [masculine] (German), Liebste [feminine] (German), אהוב (ahúv) [masculine] (Hebrew), אהובה (ahuvá) [feminine] (Hebrew), szerette (Hungarian), ansacht [feminine] (Irish), kjære (Norwegian), bliski [masculine] (Polish), ente querido [masculine] (Portuguese), люби́мый (ljubímyj) [masculine] (Russian), люби́мая (ljubímaja) [feminine] (Russian), бли́зкий (blízkij) [masculine] (Russian), бли́зкая (blízkaja) (Russian), родно́й (rodnój) [masculine] (Russian), родна́я (rodnája) [feminine] (Russian), luaidh [feminine, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ser amado (Spanish), ser querido [masculine] (Spanish), alguien cercano [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'very close friend or family member': 54 46

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "אהובה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "recently deceased friend or family member",
      "word": "szerette"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loved one"
}

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