"loved" meaning in English

See loved in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /lʌvd/ Audio: en-us-loved.ogg [US] Forms: more loved [comparative], most loved [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌvd Etymology: From Middle English loved, luvd, from Old English lufode, first and third person singular past indicative of lufian; and Middle English loved, iloved, from Old English ġelufod, past participle of lufian; both equivalent to love + -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|loved}} Middle English loved, {{m|enm|luvd}} luvd, {{inh|en|ang|lufode}} Old English lufode, {{m|ang|lufian}} lufian, {{inh|en|enm|loved}} Middle English loved, {{m|enm|iloved}} iloved, {{inh|en|ang|ġelufod}} Old English ġelufod, {{m|ang|lufian}} lufian, {{af|en|love|-ed}} love + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} loved (comparative more loved, superlative most loved)
  1. Being the object of love. Categories (topical): Love Synonyms: beloved Derived forms: loved one, loved up, loved-up, well loved, well-loved Translations (being the object of love): مَحْبُوب (maḥbūb) (Arabic), rakastettu (Finnish), aimé (French), adoré (French), geliebt (German), אהוב (ahúv) (Hebrew), szeretett (Hungarian), szeretve (english: more commonly) (Hungarian), 愛され (Japanese), сүйген (süigen) (Kazakh), beleeft (Plautdietsch), amado (Portuguese), iubit (Romanian), drag (Romanian), scump (Romanian), люби́мый (ljubímyj) (Russian), voljen (Serbo-Croatian), amado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-loved-en-adj-0fo~fS5e Disambiguation of Love: 58 42

Verb

IPA: /lʌvd/ Audio: en-us-loved.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʌvd Etymology: From Middle English loved, luvd, from Old English lufode, first and third person singular past indicative of lufian; and Middle English loved, iloved, from Old English ġelufod, past participle of lufian; both equivalent to love + -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|loved}} Middle English loved, {{m|enm|luvd}} luvd, {{inh|en|ang|lufode}} Old English lufode, {{m|ang|lufian}} lufian, {{inh|en|enm|loved}} Middle English loved, {{m|enm|iloved}} iloved, {{inh|en|ang|ġelufod}} Old English ġelufod, {{m|ang|lufian}} lufian, {{af|en|love|-ed}} love + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} loved
  1. simple past and past participle of love Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: love
    Sense id: en-loved-en-verb-WDbeeO4P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 19 81

Alternative forms

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      "word": "אהוב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "szeretett"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "more commonly",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "szeretve"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "愛され"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "süigen",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "сүйген"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "beleeft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "amado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "iubit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "drag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "scump"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubímyj",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "люби́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "voljen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being the object of love",
      "word": "amado"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loved"
}

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