paramour

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (dated) An illicit lover, either male or female.
2. (obsolete) The Virgin Mary or Jesus Christ (when addressed by a person of the opposite sex).

Verb

To go with a paramour; to have an affair.

Adv

Passionately, out of sexual desire.

Sinonieme

lover

❤️

mistress

concubine

doxy

courtesan

gallant

fancy man

adulterer

sweetheart

odalisque

escort

gigolo

girlfriend

inamorata

ladylove

boyfriend

male

♂️

beau

philanderer

spark

suitor

swain

illicit lover

wooer

Casanova

inamorato

kept woman

secondary wife

second wife

fancy woman

female

♀️

Vertalings

cortigiana

amant

❤️

Geliebte

concubina

sevgili

metres

concubina

Mätresse

amante

odalisque

courtisane

Geliebter

❤️

Konkubine

Kurtisane

maîtresse

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpæ.ɹə.mʊə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: paramour

In summary

From Middle English paramour, paramoure, peramour, paramur, from Old French par amor (“for love's sake”). The modern pronunciation is apparently an Early Modern English readaptation of the French.