amant

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əˈmant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əˈman/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈmant/

From Latin amāns, or from amar (“to love”).

amant (masculine and feminine plural amants)

1. loving

amant m or f (plural amants)

1. lover (a sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair)

See the etymology of the main entry.

amant

1. present participle of amar

• “amant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “amant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin amans, present participle of amō. Compare aimant, the present participle of aimer.

• IPA^(key): /a.mɑ̃/

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amant m (plural amants, feminine amante)

1. lover
   • 1961, Jacques Brel (lyrics), “Le Moribond”, in Marieke:

     C'est dur de mourir au printemps, tu sais / Mais j'pars aux fleurs, la paix dans l'âme / Car vu que tu étais son amant / Je sais qu'tu prendras soin d'ma femme

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• amour

• “amant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

amant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of amō

Latin amans, present participle of amō

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈmãnt/

amant m (oblique plural amanz or amantz, nominative singular amanz or amantz, nominative plural amant)

1. lover