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)

1. 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)

1. Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

   his loving wife

Synonyms

• adoring
• affectionate
• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

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

1. present participle and gerund of love

Derived terms

terms derived from all parts of speech

• bird-loving
• ever-loving
• fun-loving
• loving cup
• loving-kindness
• loving kindness
• same gender loving
• same-gender-loving
• tender loving care
• water-loving

 

Anagrams

• voling

Middle English

Noun

loving

1. Alternative form of lovynge (“praise”)