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1 fondness
fondness n1 ( love for person) tendresse f (for pour) ;2 (liking for thing, activity) passion f (for pour) ; -
2 fondness
fondness ['fɒndnɪs](for person) affection f, tendresse f ( for pour ou envers); (for things) prédilection f, penchant m ( for pour);∎ to have a fondness for drink avoir un penchant pour la boisson -
3 fondness
fondness [ˈfɒndnɪs]* * *['fɒndnɪs]1) ( love) ( for person) tendresse f ( for pour); (for thing, activity) passion f ( for pour)2) ( irritating penchant) tendance f ( for doing à faire) -
4 fondness
noun ((especially with for) affection; liking: her fondness for children.) affection (pour) -
5 love
1. noun1) (a feeling of great fondness or enthusiasm for a person or thing: She has a great love of music; her love for her children.) amour2) (strong attachment with sexual attraction: They are in love with one another.) amour3) (a person or thing that is thought of with (great) fondness (used also as a term of affection): Ballet is the love of her life; Goodbye, love!) passion; chéri/-ie4) (a score of nothing in tennis: The present score is fifteen love (written 15-0).) (à) zéro2. verb1) (to be (very) fond of: She loves her children dearly.) aimer2) (to take pleasure in: They both love dancing.) aimer•- lovable- lovely - loveliness - lover - loving - lovingly - love affair - love-letter - lovesick - fall in love with - fall in love - for love or money - make love - there's no love lost between them -
6 affection
[ə'fekʃən](liking or fondness: I have great affection for her, but she never shows any affection towards me.) affection- affectionately -
7 domesticity
[doume'stisəti]noun ((fondness for) home life.) vie de famille -
8 fond
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9 liking
1) (a taste or fondness (for): He has too great a liking for chocolate.) goût (pour)2) (satisfaction: Is the meal to your liking?) (à votre) goût -
10 sensual
['sensuəl]1) (of the senses and the body rather than the mind: sensual pleasures.) sensuel2) (having or showing a fondness for bodily pleasures: a sensual person.) sensuel•- sensuality -
11 horsiness
horsiness ['hɔ:sɪnɪs](a) (of face, features) caractère m chevalin(b) (fondness for horses) amour m des chevaux -
12 litigiousness
litigiousness [lɪ'tɪdʒəsnɪs]Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > litigiousness
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13 partiality
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Fondness — Fond ness, n. 1. The quality or state of being fond; foolishness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Fondness it were for any, being free, To covet fetters, though they golden be. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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