Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make love

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.63 in modern English

Syllables: make love
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To engage in sexual intercourse.

verb

To make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"I caught them making love on my couch."
"She takes just like a woman, yeah she does / She makes love just like a woman, yeah she does"
"I feel like makin' love to you / That's the time / I feel like makin' dreams come true"
"There's many times that we've loved / We've shared love and made love / It doesn't seem to me like it's enough"
"You danced for me in your bare feet / That mellow afternoon / When we made love to each other"
"Wake up and make love with me, wake up and make love / Wake up and make love with me / I don't want to make you, I'll let the fancy take you / And you'll wake up and make love"

Etymology

Calque of Old Occitan far amor, Middle French faire l'amour.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

makes love (present, singular) making love (participle, present) made love (participle, past) made love (past)

Phrases

make love, not war make love to the camera

Synonyms

approach cohabit common company copulate couple engage in sex exchange flesh have intimate relations have marital relations have sex have sexual relations

Questions

What does make love mean?: To engage in sexual intercourse.
Where does make love come from?: Calque of Old Occitan far amor, Middle French faire l'amour.

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