lover

Etymology 1
From, , , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
 * 2) A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
 * 3) * 2018 January 17, "Libra Woman: Personality Traits: Love & More", Astrology.com
 * A Libra woman seems to always be in love - either with her long term partner or with an ever-changing series of rotating lovers.
 * 1) A person who loves something.
 * 1) A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
 * 2) * 2018 January 17, "Libra Woman: Personality Traits: Love & More", Astrology.com
 * A Libra woman seems to always be in love - either with her long term partner or with an ever-changing series of rotating lovers.
 * 1) A person who loves something.
 * 1) * 2018 January 17, "Libra Woman: Personality Traits: Love & More", Astrology.com
 * A Libra woman seems to always be in love - either with her long term partner or with an ever-changing series of rotating lovers.
 * 1) A person who loves something.

Usage notes

 * In the 1980s and 1990s, the term "lover" was commonly used for a long-term committed romantic partner, particularly in the LGBTQ+ community. Subsequently, this usage has become less common, usually in favour of partner.

Translations

 * Alviri-Vidari: عاشوق
 * Arabic: عَاشِق, مُحِبّ, عَشِيق
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: ғашиҡ
 * Belarusian: палюбо́ўнік, палюбо́ўніца, каха́нак, каха́нка
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: uyab
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Crimean Tatar: sevgili, süygili
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: elsker, elskerinde
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: amanto, amantino
 * Faroese: sjeikur, unnusta
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: amador,
 * Georgian: შეყვარებული
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: ἐραστής
 * Hebrew: אָהוּב,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: ástmaður, ástkona
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: ашына
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: ойнош
 * Latin:, ,
 * Macedonian: љубовник, љубовница
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: whakaaweawe, kairoro, ipo, tahu,, tau o te ate, makai, whaiāipo
 * Middle English: lovere
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: (male), elskerinne (female)
 * Nynorsk: elskar, elskarinne
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: люблѥникъ
 * Old English: lufiend
 * Old Occitan: amador
 * Persian:, , ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, , , , , влюблённая
 * Scottish Gaelic: leannan,, cuspair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: љубавник, љубавница, швалер, швалерка
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: milenec,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik: ошиқ
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:, คนรัก
 * Tok Pisin: pren
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, ,
 * Urdu:
 * Uyghur: يار
 * Vietnamese: (𠊛𢞅)
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: קאָכאַניק, קאָכאַנקע, קאָכאַנטשיק, געליבטער, געליבטע, ליובאָווניק, ליובאָווניצע
 * Yup'ik: kenkesteka


 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: عَاشِق, مُحِبّ, عَشِيق
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Belarusian: палюбо́ўнік, палюбо́ўніца, каха́нак, каха́нка
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: elsker, elskerinde
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: amanto, amantino, amdonanto, amdonantino
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, ,
 * Georgian: საყვარელი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Ancient: ἐραστής
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:, ,
 * Macedonian: љубовник, љубовница
 * Malayalam:
 * Middle English: lovere
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: (male), elskerinne (female)
 * Polish:, amantka, , , kochanica,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: љубавник, љубавница
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: milenec,
 * Slovene:, ljubimka, ljubček, ljubica
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, ,
 * Vietnamese: người tình bạn tình (𠊛𢞅)
 * Yiddish: קאָכאַניק, קאָכאַנקע, קאָכאַנטשיק, געליבטער, געליבטע, ליובאָווניק, ליובאָווניצע


 * Arabic: مغرم
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: amante
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, milovnice
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:, amador
 * Georgian: მოყვარული
 * German:, , -freund, -freundin, -liebhaber, -liebhaberin
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malayalam:
 * Middle English: lovere
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, amatorka, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: om iubitor, persoană iubitoare,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Cyrillic: љубитељ
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu:, ప్రేమికురాలు

Etymology
From, originally the plural of. As with other words with plurals in, eventually this was substituted with , creating. This new plural was then reanalysed as a separate noun and a new singular form was back-formed from it.

Noun

 * 1) foliage

Etymology
A 17th century borrowing from North Sea Germanic language verb "lofen, lufen". The 1986 Dictionnaire de l'Académie française identifies the source as Low German ( or ); Jan de Vries' Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek (which identifies it as a possible cognate of 🇨🇬) suggests East Frisian instead.

Verb

 * 1) to coil (a rope or cord), to fake a line
 * 2)  to coil up, wind up; to curl up
 * 3)  to snuggle up to, to snuggle up against
 * 1)  to snuggle up to, to snuggle up against

Etymology 1
,, from (attested as ), extension of , of unclear origin.

Noun

 * 1) louver type of turret