Paramour

Adverb

 * 1)  Of loving etc.: passionately, out of sexual desire; devotedly.
 * 2) *1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
 * And as for to say that I love La Beall Isode paramoures, I dare make good that I do, and that she hath my servyse abovyn all other ladyes, and shall have, all the terme of my lyff.

Noun

 * 1) An illicit lover, either male or female.

Thesaurus
Casanova, admirer, adorer, amorist, concubine, doxy, follower, infatuate, kept mistress, kept woman, lover, mistress, playmate, pursuer, suitor, unofficial wife, woman, wooer

Etymology
From par: amur:.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"p{r.@.mU@/}}

Alternative forms

 * paramours

Translations

 * Arabic: خليل, خليلة , عشيق ,  عشيقة
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Bosnian: ljubavnik, švaler
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 姦夫, 奸夫 ; 姦婦,  奸妇, 情婦,  情妇 , 相好的
 * Finnish: ,


 * French: ,
 * German:, , ,  Liebhaberin,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 情婦
 * Macedonian: љубовник, љубовница , швалерка
 * Polish: kochanek, kochanka
 * Russian: ,