lover

1. to coil (a rope or cord), to fake a line
2. (reflexive) to coil up, wind up; to curl up
3. (reflexive) to snuggle up to, to snuggle up against

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɔ.ve/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: leuver

In summary

A 17th century borrowing from North Sea Germanic language verb "lofen, lufen". The 1986 Dictionnaire de l'Académie française identifies the source as Low German (Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German); Jan de Vries' Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek (which identifies it as a possible cognate of Dutch leuver) suggests East Frisian instead.

Concepts

coil

Translations

ملتوي على نفسه

τυλίγω κάβο σε κουλούρα

spiraalsgewijze oprollen