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amante

female lover, mistress

noun ah-MAHNT Rare
People & Society Relationships

Usage Note

Amante is the feminine form of amant and denotes a woman in a romantic or sexual relationship outside marriage. It carries a literary register; in everyday speech French speakers often use petite amie or compagne instead. The pair amant/amante both derive from the Latin 'amans' (loving).

Examples

"Il pensait chaque jour à son amante absente."

Natural Translation

He thought every day of his absent lover.

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