Amour definitions

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMOUR', n. [L. amor, love.]
An unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an affair of gallantry.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, love, affection, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan amor, from Latin, from amare to love Date: 14th century a usually illicit love affair; also lover

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a love affair, esp. a secret one. Etymology: F, = love, f. L amor amoris

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Amour A*mour", n. [F., fr. L. amor love.] 1. Love; affection. [Obs.] 2. Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair. In amours with, in love with. [Obs.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(amours) An amour is a love affair, especially one which is kept secret. (LITERARY or OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Affair of gallantry, love intrigue, love affair, illicit relation, liaison.

Moby Thesaurus

adulterous affair, adultery, affair, amorousness, cuckoldry, entanglement, eternal triangle, flirtation, forbidden love, hanky-panky, illicit love, infidelity, intimacy, intrigue, liaison, love, love affair, passion, relationship, romance, romantic tie, triangle, unfaithfulness