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French Expression
| Meaning | to fall in love | |
| Literally | to fall loving | |
| Register | normal | |
| Pronunciation |  |
[to(n) bay ah moo reuh] |
| IPA | [tɔ̃ be a mu rø] | |
Usage notes: In French, falling in love is expressed as tomber amoureux – literally, "to fall loving."
Not tomber en amour
Rather than expressing love as something that you fall into physically, as in English, tomber amoureux describes love as a state of being – or rather, a state of loving.
Par exemple…
| Je tombe amoureux de Dominique. | I’m falling in love with Dominique. | |
| Elle va tomber amoureuse de toi. | She’s going to fall in love with you. | |
| Quand est-ce que tu es tombé amoureux de ta femme ? | When did you fall in love with your wife? |
Grammar notes
- Like other adjectives, amoureux has to agree with the word it modifies.
- De is equivalent to "with" here and can be followed by a noun, name, or stressed pronoun.
- As always, tomber requires être as its auxiliary verb in compound tenses.
Variations
- tomber ̩perdument amoureux (de) Рto fall hopelessly in love (with)
- tomber follement amoureux (de) – to fall madly in love (with)
Related expressions
- ̻tre amoureux (de) Рto be in love (with)
- un coup de cÅ“ur – love at first sight (object, place)
- un coup de foudre – love at first sight (person)
Related lessons
- Tomber conjugations
- Love language
- Terms of endearment
- Adjectives
- Auxiliary verbs
- De – preposition
- Stressed pronouns
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