amante

amante

See also: Amante

Asturian

Noun

amante m or f (plural amantes)

1. lover (person who loves something)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamantɛ]

Noun

amante

1. vocative singular of amant

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈmante]
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• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: a‧man‧te

Adverb

amante

1. present adverbial active participle of ami

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɑ̃t/

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• Homophone: amantes

Noun

amante f (plural amantes)

1. female equivalent of amant (“lover”)

Further reading

• “amante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• amenât, émanât, entama

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈman.te/

Participle

amante

1. present participle of amar

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Istriot

Noun

amante

1. lover
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     A çiò che lo meîo amante el me cunprasse;

     So that my lover would buy me;

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈman.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: a‧màn‧te

Noun

amante m or f by sense (plural amanti)

1. lover, paramour

Participle

amante (plural amanti)

1. present participle of amare

Anagrams

• manate, menata

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Latin

Participle

amante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of amāns

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amāns, amantem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɐ̃.t(ɨ)/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: a‧man‧te

Adjective

amante m or f (plural amantes)

1. loving

Noun

amante m or f by sense (plural amantes)

1. lover (the one who loves)
2. lover (someone who is not one's official partner), affair

   Ele foi flagrado na cama com a sua amante!

   He was caught on the bed with his lover!

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Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amāns, amantem, or amar (“to love”) +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmante/ [aˈmãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: a‧man‧te

Adjective

amante (plural amantes)

1. loving

   Synonym: amador

2. beloved; dear

Derived terms

• amantísimo

Noun

amante m or f (plural amantes)

1. lover (one who loves another person)
2. lover (a sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair)
3. lover (a person who loves something)

Related terms

• amar
• amor

 

Further reading

• “amante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014