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Meaning of lover | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈlʌvɚ

Definitions

  1. One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
  2. One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse
  3. A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
  4. A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair
  5. A person who loves something.
  6. A person who loves something
  7. An informal term of address for any friend.
    West-Country
  8. An informal term of address for any friend
  9. Obsolete form of louver

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca aşiq məşuqə oynaş
Bosanski ljubica par
Català amant amistançat
Cymraeg cariad
Eesti armuke
Suomi ilo rakas rakastaja rakastavainen
Gaeilge leannán
Gàidhlig cuspair gràdh leannan
עברית אהוב
Hrvatski ljubica par
Bahasa Indonesia cendera mata kekasih pecinta
Íslenska ástkona ástmaður
Italiano amante
Қазақша ғашық
Кыргызча ойнош сүйүүчү
Te Reo Māori tahu tau
മലയാളം കാമുകൻ
Bahasa Melayu kekasih
မြန်မာဘာသာ လင်ငယ် သယောက်
Nederlands minnaar minnares
Português amante
Slovenčina milenec
Slovenščina Ljubica
Српски ljubica par
Kiswahili mpenzi
Тоҷикӣ ошиқ
Türkmençe aşyk
ئۇيغۇرچە ئاشىق يار
اردو آشنا عاشق
Oʻzbekcha oshiq

Examples

“[…]loue is blinde, and louers cannot ſee / The pretty follies that themſelues commit,[…]”
“Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes / And lovely landscapes to discover / But all I really want to do right now / Is find another lover”
“This is for the lover in you (take this ring) / This ring (It means I'll always be true) / This is (how we'll start love anew) This time (were gonna last forever)”
“When HBO airs “Behind the Candelabra” on May 26, the world will get to see Matt Damon play Liberace’s drug-addled, surgically enhanced lover – a role about as far from Jason Bourne as it gets.”
“Now, there's one in California who's been cursing my name / 'Cause I found me a better lover in the UK, hey, hey / Until I made my getaway”
“We can only hurt each other the way that lovers can / So where do we go, where do we hide now?”
“Be my bad boy, be my man / Be my weekend lover, but don't be my friend / You can be my bad boy, but understand / That I don't need you in my life again”
“2018 January 17, "Libra Woman: Personality Traits: Love & More", Astrology.com http://www.astrology.com/libra-woman.html A Libra woman seems to always be in love - either with her long term partner or with an ever-changing series of rotating lovers.”
“I'm up and jaws are on the floor Lovers in the bathroom and a line outside the door”
“a lover of fine wines”
“a lover of his/her own country”
“But though a conscientious disciplinarian he was no lover of authority for mere authority's sake.”
“Sunday is 420 day, when lovers of marijuana get together to celebrate their fondness for weed.”
“All right, my lover?”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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