Meanings
nounlovebird (plural lovebirds)
plural lovebirds · alternative love bird · alternative love-bird
- figurativelyplural normallyOne of the members of an openly affectionate couple.
Okay, all right, whew! What do you say we all clear out of here and let these two lovebirds get back down to business?
1999, “The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey”, in Friends, season 5, episode 15 (television production), spoken by Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc)
verblovebird (third-person singular simple present lovebirds, present participle lovebirding, simple past and past participle lovebirded)
present singular third person lovebirds · participle present lovebirding · participle past lovebirded · past lovebirded · alternative love bird · alternative love-bird
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo express romantic affection openly.
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black-cheeked lovebirdAgapornis nigrigenisblack-collared lovebirdAgapornis swindernianusblack-winged lovebirdAgapornis tarantaFischer's lovebirdAgapornis fischerigrey-headed lovebirdAgapornis canusLilian's lovebirdAgapornis lilianaered-headed lovebirdAgapornis pullariusrosy-faced lovebirdAgapornis roseicollisyellow-collared lovebirdAgapornis personatus
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans tortelduif
- tortelduifaffectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Catalan agapornis
- agapornisparrot of the genus Agapornis
Chinese Mandarin 情侶鸚鵡 /情侣鹦鹉, 愛情鸚鵡 /爱情鹦鹉
- 情侶鸚鵡 /情侣鹦鹉 (qínglǚyīngwǔ)parrot of the genus Agapornis
- 愛情鸚鵡 /爱情鹦鹉 (àiqíngyīngwǔ)parrot of the genus Agapornis
- 愛情鳥 /爱情鸟 (àiqíngniǎo)parrot of the genus Agapornis
Czech agapornis, papoušík
- agapornisparrot of the genus Agapornis
- papoušíkparrot of the genus Agapornis
Dutch dwergpapegaai, agapornis
- dwergpapegaaiparrot of the genus Agapornis
- agapornisparrot of the genus Agapornis
Finnish kaijanen, kyyhkyläiset
- kaijanenparrot of the genus Agapornis
- kyyhkyläisetaffectionate couple (or a person thereof)
- kyyhkyläinenaffectionate couple (or a person thereof)
French inséparable, inséparable
- inséparableparrot of the genus Agapornis
- inséparableparrot of the genus Agapornis
- tourtereaux (tourtereau m, tourterelle f)affectionate couple (or a person thereof)
German Unzertrennlicher, Unzertrennliche
- Unzertrennlicherparrot of the genus Agapornis
- Unzertrennlicheparrot of the genus Agapornis
- Agapornideparrot of the genus Agapornis
- Agapornideparrot of the genus Agapornis
- Liebesvogelparrot of the genus Agapornis
- Turteltauben (Turteltaube f)affectionate couple (or a person thereof)
- Liebesvögel (Liebesvogel m)affectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Greek αγαπόρνιθα, τρυγονάκια
- αγαπόρνιθα (agapórnitha)parrot of the genus Agapornis
- τρυγονάκια (trygonákia)affectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Hungarian (afrikai) törpepapagáj, szerelmespár
- (afrikai) törpepapagájparrot of the genus Agapornis
- szerelmespáraffectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Icelandic turtildúfur, skötuhjú
- turtildúfuraffectionate couple (or a person thereof)
- skötuhjúaffectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Irish éan suirí
- éan suiríparrot of the genus Agapornis
Italian inseparabile, piccioncini (piccioncino m, piccioncina f)
- inseparabileparrot of the genus Agapornis
- piccioncini (piccioncino m, piccioncina f)affectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Japanese ラブバード
- ラブバード (rabu bādo)parrot of the genus Agapornis
Norwegian Bokmål turtelduer (turteldue m or f)
- turtelduer (turteldue m or f)affectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Norwegian Nynorsk turtelduer (turteldue f)
- turtelduer (turteldue f)affectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Polish nierozłączka, papużka nierozłączka
- nierozłączkaparrot of the genus Agapornis
- papużka nierozłączkaparrot of the genus Agapornis
- papużki nierozłączkiaffectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Portuguese agapórnis, inseparável
- agapórnisparrot of the genus Agapornis
- inseparávelparrot of the genus Agapornis
- pássaro-do-amorparrot of the genus Agapornis
- periquito-namoradoparrot of the genus Agapornis
- pombinhos (pombinho m, pombinha f)affectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Romanian papagal amorez
- papagal amorezparrot of the genus Agapornis
Russian неразлу́чник, голубки́
- неразлу́чник (nerazlúčnik)parrot of the genus Agapornis
- голубки́ (golubkí)affectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Spanish inseparable, tórtolos (tórtolo m, tórtola f)
- inseparableparrot of the genus Agapornis
- tórtolos (tórtolo m, tórtola f)affectionate couple (or a person thereof)
- tortolitosaffectionate couple (or a person thereof)
- tortolitoaffectionate couple (or a person thereof)
- tortolitaaffectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Swedish turturduvor (turturduvor c)
- turturduvor (turturduvor c)affectionate couple (or a person thereof)
Turkish sevda papağanı, cennet papağanı
- sevda papağanıparrot of the genus Agapornis
- cennet papağanıparrot of the genus Agapornis
- aşk kuşuparrot of the genus Agapornis
Welsh adar cariad
- adar cariadparrot of the genus Agapornis
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APA
lovebird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lovebird
MLA
“lovebird.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lovebird. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lovebird,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lovebird.
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