amoureux
French, noun/a.mu.ʁø/
amoureux is spelled A-M-O-U-R-E-U-X (8 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written French, the 2,034th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amoureux is a French masculine noun meaning “lover (one who romantically loves a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui aime d’amour ou que l'on aime d’amour”.
What does amoureux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
love
triangle amoureux
- 2
in love
tomber amoureux de quelqu'un
noun
- 1
masculinelover (one who romantically loves a person)
Near-synonyms: amant, copain, conjoint
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui aime d’amour. 2. Qui est enclin à l’amour. 3. Qui exprime, qui marque de l’amour, qui est plein de sentiments d’amour, ou qui tend, qui est propre à inspirer de l’amour. 4. Qui a une grande passion pour quelque chose.
noun: 1. Celui qui aime d’amour ou que l'on aime d’amour. 2. Celui qui joue les personnages d’amoureux. 3. Celui qui passionne pour une chose. 4. Sixième atout du tarot de Marseille.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amoureux
- amoureuse feminine
- amoureuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amoureux?
- /a.mu.ʁø/
- \a.mu.ʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amoureux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amoureux in French?
amoureux appears 41 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).