loving

See also: Loving

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lovynge, lovyng (“love”), from Old English lufung; equivalent to love +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlʌvɪŋ/
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Rhymes: -ʌvɪŋ

Noun

loving (usually uncountable, plural lovings)

The action of the verb to love.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 132, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
  all natural lovings and longings

Adjective

loving (comparative lovinger or more loving, superlative lovingest or most loving)

Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.
his loving wife

Synonyms

Derived terms

lovingly

Translations

expressing a large amount of love

Arabic: مُحِبّ (ar) (muḥibb), وَدُود (wadūd)
Armenian: սիրող (hy) (siroġ)
Catalan: amorós (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 爱心 (zh) (àixīn), 愛心／爱心 (zh) (àixīn)
Czech: milující
Esperanto: ama (eo), amema, amplena
Finnish: rakastava (fi)
French: aimant (fr)
Galician: amoroso
Georgian: მოსიყვარულე (mosiq̇varule)
German: liebend (de)
Greek: στοργικός (el) (storgikós)
Hungarian: szerető (hu)
Irish: grámhar, cionmhar, ceanúil, armacach, muirneach
Italian: amoroso (it), amorevole (it)
Japanese: 愛する (ja) (あいする, ai-suru)
Maori: mateoha
Polish: kochający m, kochająca f, kochające n
Portuguese: amoroso (pt)
Russian: лю́бящий (ru) (ljúbjaščij), любвеобильный (ru) (ljubveobilʹnyj)
Spanish: cariñoso (es), amoroso (es), querendón (es)
Swedish: kärleksfull (sv), öm (sv)
Ukrainian: люблячий (ljubljačyj)

Verb

loving

present participle and gerund of love

Derived terms

terms derived from all parts of speech

Anagrams

voling

Middle English

Noun

loving

Alternative form of lovynge (“praise”)

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