amant

Borrowed from French amant, from Latin amantem, present participle of amō.

amant (plural amants)

1. (archaic) A lover, especially if illicit; a paramour.

• “amant, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈman]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈmant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈmant]

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

amant m or f (masculine and feminine plural amants)

1. loving

amant m or f by sense (plural amants)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

amant

1. gerund of amar

• “amant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “amant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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 French amant, from Latin amāns.

• IPA^(key): [ˈamant]
• Hyphenation: amant

amant m anim

1. (colloquial, humorous) beau, lover

   Synonyms: milenec, šamstr

• “amant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “amant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Latin amantem, 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, “Le Moribond”, in Jacques Brel (lyrics), 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

     It's hard to die in spring, you know / But I go to the flowers, peace in my soul / For I see you were her lover / I know you will take care of my wife

• amour

• → Polish: amant
• → Romanian: amant

• “amant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

amant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of amō

From Latin amans, present participle of amō.

• IPA^(key): /aˈmant/

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

1. lover

   Synonym: ameor

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

1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of adamant

adamant in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022

Borrowed from French amant, from Latin amāns.^[1][2][3] First attested in 1743.^[4]

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mant/

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• Rhymes: -amant
• Syllabification: a‧mant

amant m pers (female equivalent amantka, diminutive amancik)

2. (acting) romantic role or lead (actor playing the roles of a lover or seducer) [from 19th century]^[5]
4. (colloquial, humorous) beau, lover [from 18th century]^[4]

   Synonyms: adorator, kochanek

5. (Middle Polish) gay lover [18th century]^[4]

• amant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• amant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “amant”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 29

Borrowed from French amant, from Latin amans.

amant m (plural amanți, feminine equivalent amantă)

1. lover