# amante
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmante/ [aˈmãn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: a‧man‧te

### Noun

amante m or f (plural amantes)
* lover (person who loves something)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈamantɛ]

### Noun

amante
* vocative singular of amant

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈmante]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: a‧man‧te

### Adverb

amante
* present adverbial active participle of ami

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.mɑ̃t/
* Audio; “une amante”:(file)
* Homophone: amantes

### Noun

amante f (plural amantes)
* female equivalent of amant (“lover”)

### Further reading

* “amante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* amenât, émanât, entama

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmante/ [aˈmãn̪.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: a‧man‧te

### Verb

amante
* inflection of amantar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈman.te/

### Participle

amante
* present participle of amar

## Istriot
### Noun

amante
* lover
** 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:A çiò che lo meîo amante el me cunprasse;So that my lover would buy me;

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin amantem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈman.te/
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: a‧màn‧te

### Noun

amante m or f by sense (plural amanti)
* lover, paramour

### Participle

amante (plural amanti)
* present participle of amare

### Anagrams

* manate, menata

## Latin
### Participle

amante
* ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of amāns

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin amantem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈmɐ̃.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈmɐ̃.tɨ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
* Hyphenation: a‧man‧te

### Adjective

amante m or f (plural amantes)
* loving

### Noun

amante m or f by sense (plural amantes)
* lover (the one who loves)
* lover (someone who is not one's official partner), affair, mistress, side chick
    Ele foi flagrado na cama com a sua amante!He was caught on the bed with his lover!

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin amantem, or amar (“to love”) +‎ -ante.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmante/ [aˈmãn̪.t̪e]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: a‧man‧te

### Adjective

amante m or f (masculine and feminine plural amantes)
* loving
    Synonym: amador
* beloved; dear
    Synonym: bienamado

#### Derived terms

* amantísimo

### Noun

amante m or f by sense (plural amantes)
* lover (one who loves another person)
* lover (a sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair)
* lover (a person who loves something)

#### Derived terms

* el amante en lo que ama, imperfecciones no halla

#### Related terms

* amar
* amor

### Verb

amante
* inflection of amantar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “amante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10