love scene

noun

A segment in a film or television program in which the characters engage in sexual activity.

Meanings

nounlove scene (plural love scenes)

plural love scenes

  1. A segment in a film or television program in which the characters engage in sexual activity.
  2. A view, or pictorial or written representation, of romantic behavior.

    “If there is a drop of red blood in the man the count will break in upon a very pretty love scene in about fifteen minutes from now.”

    1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 43
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    Some of these inlaid pictures represent love-scenes with a childlike simplicity and freedom of manner which would not commend itself to the taste of the present day.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 激情戲 /激情戏, 床戲 /床戏
  • 激情戲 /激情戏 (jīqíngxì)segment in a film
  • 床戲 /床戏 (chuángxì)segment in a film
Finnish rakastelukohtaus
  • rakastelukohtaussegment in a film
German Liebesszene
  • Liebesszenesegment in a film
Portuguese cena de amor
  • cena de amorsegment in a film
Russian любо́вная сце́на
  • любо́вная сце́на (ljubóvnaja scéna)segment in a film
Swedish kärleksscen
  • kärleksscensegment in a film
Cite this entry
APA

love scene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/love%20scene

MLA

“love scene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/love%20scene. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “love scene,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/love%20scene.

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