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amours - 2 dictionary results

a⋅mour

[uh-moor]
–noun
1. a love affair.
2. an illicit or secret love affair.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < MF, OF amo(u)r, repr. a dial. form or < OPr < L amōrem acc. of amor love, equiv. to am(āre) to love + -or -or 1 ; cf. amoretto
a·mour   (ə-mŏŏr')   
n.  A love affair, especially an illicit one.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Old Provençal, from Latin amor, love; see amorous.]
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