Meanings
noununrequited love (uncountable)
- uncountableLove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired.
To her mind, a girl who would tell of the unrequited love of a man for herself, was unspeakably base.
1912, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 27, in Miss Billy's Decision
Translations
Bulgarian несподелена любов
- несподелена любов (nespodelena ljubov)love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Catalan amor no correspost
- amor no correspostlove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Chinese Mandarin 單相思 /单相思, 單戀 /单恋
- 單相思 /单相思 (dānxiāngsī)love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- 單戀 /单恋 (dānliàn)love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Czech neopětovaná láska
- neopětovaná láskalove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Dutch onbeantwoorde liefde
- onbeantwoorde liefdelove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Esperanto nereciproka amo
- nereciproka amolove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Finnish yksipuolinen rakkaus, vastakaiuton rakkaus
- yksipuolinen rakkauslove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- vastakaiuton rakkauslove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
French amour non récompensé, amour non échangé
- amour non récompensélove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- amour non échangélove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- amour non partagélove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- amour non-réciproquélove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
German unerwiderte Liebe
- unerwiderte Liebelove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Greek απλήρωτη αγάπη
- απλήρωτη αγάπη (aplíroti agápi)love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Hebrew אהבה נכזבת, אהבה חד־צדדית
- אהבה נכזבת (ahaˈva niχˈzevet)love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- אהבה חד־צדדית (ahaˈva χad t͡sdaˈdit)love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Icelandic óendurgoldin ást
- óendurgoldin ástlove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Indonesian cinta tak berbalas, cinta bertepuk sebelah tangan
- cinta tak berbalaslove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- cinta bertepuk sebelah tanganlove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Irish grá gan chúiteamh
- grá gan chúiteamhlove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Italian amore non corrisposto
- amore non corrispostolove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Japanese 片思い
- 片思い (kataomoi)love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Korean 짝사랑
- 짝사랑 (jjaksarang)love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Latin amor non reciprocatus
- amor non reciprocatuslove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Māori mate konehe
- mate konehelove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Portuguese amor não correspondido
- amor não correspondidolove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Russian неразделённая любо́вь, любо́вь без взаи́мности
- неразделённая любо́вь (nerazdeljónnaja ljubóvʹ)love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- любо́вь без взаи́мности (ljubóvʹ bez vzaímnosti)love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- безотве́тная любо́вь (bezotvétnaja ljubóvʹ)love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Scottish Gaelic gràdh neo-dhìolta
- gràdh neo-dhìoltalove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Slovak neopätovaná láska
- neopätovaná láskalove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Spanish amor no correspondido, amor no reciprocado
- amor no correspondidolove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- amor no reciprocadolove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- amor sin contrapartidalove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Swedish obesvarad kärlek
- obesvarad kärleklove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Turkish karşılıksız aşk, platonik aşk
- karşılıksız aşklove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- platonik aşklove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Vietnamese tình yêu đơn phương, tình đơn phương
- tình yêu đơn phươnglove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
- tình đơn phươnglove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
Welsh cariad annychweledig
- cariad annychwelediglove that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired
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