Love

See also: love, LoVe, løve, lové, lóve, lóvé, lőve, and лове

English

Noun

Love

  1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter L.
    Synonym: Lima

Proper noun

Love (countable and uncountable, plural Loves)

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. A female given name.
  4. Cupid, Eros, or another personification of love.
    • 1897, “The Quarrel of Love and Hymen”, in Choicest Lyrics from the Realms of Love, page 99:
      To Hymen's bower young Cupid came,
      And each with each was quite delighted;
      Love shot his dart of surest aim,
      And Hymen's brightest torch was lighted.
  5. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Love is the 385th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 82,873 individuals. Love is most common among White (56.49%) and Black (37.03%) individuals.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Love, from love.

Proper noun

Love

  1. a female given name from English

Swedish

Proper noun

Love c (genitive Loves)

  1. a male given name, variant of Ludvig

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Love.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlav/ [ˈlav]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈlab/ [ˈlab]
  • Rhymes: -av, (more native-sounding) -ab
  • Syllabification: #

Proper noun

Love (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ᜔)

  1. a female given name from English
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