adorer
to adore
verb ah-doh-REH Common
Origin: Latin 'adorare' (to worship)
Also means
to love
Usage Note
Adorer is stronger than aimer (to like/love) and carries a sense of intense enthusiasm — it is used for both things and people in everyday French without sounding overly dramatic. J'adore le chocolat is a perfectly natural sentence. It is a regular -er verb and more emphatic than its English cognate 'adore', which sounds formal.
Examples
"Elle adore danser le soir."
Natural Translation
She loves dancing in the evening.

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