Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lovers

/ˈlʌvɚz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: lov-ers
IPA: /ˈlʌvɚz/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of lover

adj

In a romantic or sexual relationship.

Example Sentences

"It hurts when I am lovers with a white, working class lesbian and she refuses to deal with race and the fact that I am a mother."
"I am lovers with her sister and we have become sisters through friendship."
"I have thousands of friends I've never been lovers with."
"I was lovers with a woman I'll call Judy. One morning when we were sharing our dreams, I told her the dream I'd had where I was making an eloquent speech in Japan about saving the whales[…]"
"I was lovers with Joan — she was an artist for ONE Inc."
"I was lovers with this boy in my neighborhood for... oh, I'd say at least eight years. And everybody in the neighborhood knew. And we came out that year."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlʌvɚz/
British English: /ˈlʌvəz/

Rhymes With

covers discovers recovers uncovers hovers plovers

Questions

How do you pronounce lovers?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlʌvɚz/.
What does lovers mean?: plural of lover

How to pronounce lovers

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