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connotation [‚kɒnə'teɪʃən](a) (association) connotation f;∎ for me the word has very sad connotations ce mot a pour moi des connotations très tristes;∎ the name has connotations of quality and expertise ce nom évoque la qualité et la compétence(b) Linguistics connotation f(c) (in logic) implication fUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > connotation
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love [lʌv]1. nouna. (for person) amour m► for love• don't give me any money, I'm doing it for love ne me donnez pas d'argent, je le fais parce que ça me fait plaisir• all my love, Jim bises, Jimd. (British term of address) (inf) (to child) mon petit, ma petite ; (to man) mon chéri ; (to woman) ma chérie ; (between strangers) (to man) mon petit monsieur (inf) ; (to woman) ma petite dame (inf)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► En Grande-Bretagne, ne vous étonnez pas si une vendeuse ou un conducteur d'autobus vous appelle love ou dear - cette manière de s'adresser à des inconnus n'a aucune connotation sexuelle.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. [+ person] aimer• he didn't just like her, he loved her il ne l'aimait pas d'amitié, mais d'amour• he loves reading/photography il adore lire/la photographie• I'd love to! (in answer to question) avec plaisir !• I'd love to but unfortunately... j'aimerais bien, malheureusement...• she's going to love that! (sarcastic) elle va être ravie !3. compounds• my loved ones les êtres qui me sont chers ► love handles (inf) plural noun poignées fpl d'amour (inf)• they have a love-hate relationship ils s'aiment et se détestent à la fois ► love letter noun lettre f d'amour* * *[lʌv] 1.1) (affection, devotion) amour mto be/fall in love — être/tomber amoureux/-euse ( with de)
to make love — ( have sex) faire l'amour
2) ( in polite formulas)with love from Bob —
love Bob — affectueusement, Bob
3) ( object of affection) amour mbe a love — (colloq) GB sois gentil
4) GB ( term of address) ( to adult) mon amour m, mon chéri/ma chérie m/f; ( to child) mon chéri/ma chérie m/f5) ( in tennis) zéro m2. 3.transitive verb1) ( feel affection for) aimer2) ( appreciate) aimer beaucoup ( to do faire); ( accepting invitation)‘I'd love to!’ — ‘avec plaisir!’
3) (colloq) ( in exaggerated speech) adorershe'll love that! — iron elle sera vraiment ravie! iron
••there's no love lost between them — ils/elles se détestent cordialement
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