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    amour fou
    /əˌmʊə ˈfuː/

    noun

    • 1. uncontrollable or obsessive passion: "he invests this tale of amour fou with a sense of doom"

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  2. wordhistories.net › 2020/07/14 › amour-fou‘amour fou’: meaning and origin – word histories

    Jul 14, 2020 · A borrowing from French, the phrase amour fou, literally mad love, denotes uncontrollable or obsessive passion or infatuation. It was introduced into English as a theme of drama, prose narrative and cinema.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › amour fouAmour fou Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    6 days ago · Definition. Entries Near. Show more. Save Word. amour fou. French noun phrase. ä-ˈmu̇r-ˈfü. : mad love : obsessive passion. Dictionary Entries Near amour fou. amourette. amour fou. amourist. See More Nearby Entries. Cite this Entry. Style. “Amour fou.”

  4. www.linguee.com › french-english › translationamour fou - English translation – Linguee

    amour fou noun, masculine. crazy love n. See also: amour. fou. [colloq.] See alternative translations. © Linguee Dictionary, 2024. External sources (not reviewed) Many translated example sentences containing "amour fou" – English-French dictionary and search engine for English translations.

  5. www.lalanguefrancaise.com › dictionnaire › definitionDéfinition de amour fou | Dictionnaire français - La langue...

    amour fou \a.muʁ fu\ masculin. Sentiment d’amour déraisonnable et obsédant. L’amour fou n’est pas heureux s’il n’est pas réciproque. Première solution, la passion pour Silius a égaré Messaline. Celle-ci serait « un cas authentique d’amour fou ». — (Pierre Renucci, Claude, Perrin, Paris, 2012, page 122)

  6. dictionary.reverso.net › french-english › amour+fouamour fou translation in English | French-English dictionary -...

    amour fou translation in French - English Reverso dictionary, see also 'déclaration d'amour, film d'amour, mariage d'amour, roman d'amour', examples, definition, conjugation.

  7. www.wordreference.com › fren › amour fouamour fou - traduction - Dictionnaire Français-Anglais...

    amour fou - traduction français-anglais. Forums pour discuter de amour fou, voir ses formes composées, des exemples et poser vos questions. Gratuit.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › amour-fou_namour fou, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    What does the noun amour fou mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun amour fou . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.