Beloved

Definition: Beloved

Beloved

Adjective

1. Dearly loved.

Noun

1. A beloved person; used as terms of endearment.

Date "beloved" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Beloved

Synonyms: darling (adj), dear (n), dearest (n), honey (n), love (n), loved one (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Love	Loved; Verb: beloved well beloved, dearly beloved; dear, precious, darling, pet, little; favorite, popular.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Lewis, we've had Presidents who were beloved, who couldn't find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to-- (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan; Fredric LeBow) What are you two doing in my beloved head (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr) Let me tell you something about your beloved art of disguise, Gordon (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas) Now I don't have to tell you good folks what's been happening in our beloved little town (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks)
Lyrics	My beloved lets get down to business ("Fight the Power"; performing artist: Public Enemy)
Movie/TV Titles	The Beloved (1970) Beloved Invaders: The Ventures (1965) The Beloved Country Cry (1951) Beloved Brat (1938) The Beloved Vagabond (1936)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Beloved (reference) Best Friends: The True Story of the World's Most Beloved Animal Sanctuary (reference) Cry, the Beloved Country (reference) The Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Compendium of Recipes and Cooking Lessons from San Francisco's Beloved Restaurant (reference) Three Beloved Classics by E.B. White: Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan (Boxed Set) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Beloved (reference) Immortal Beloved (reference) Cry, the Beloved Country (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Immortal Beloved / Sir Georg Solti (film 1994) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	$100,000 reward! The murderer of our late beloved President, Abraham Lincoln, is still at large. Credit: Library of Congress.		French actress, 1844-1923, acclaimed and beloved throughout the world for her artistry ... Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Charles Darwin	I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as the facts are shown to be opposed to it.
Epictetus	The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other.
Marcus Annaeus Lucan	So long as a man enjoys prosperity, he cares not whether he is beloved.
Margaret Fuller	Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
Saadi	The beloved of the Almighty are the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.
St. Francis of Assisi	Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
St. John of the Cross	Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Jane Fairfax had already quitted Highbury, and was restored to the comforts of her beloved home with the Campbells
Alice in Wonderland	Carroll, Lewis	Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Rob each other without remorse of your beloved.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	It is not easy to express the joy I was in upon the unexpected hope of once more seeing my beloved country, and the dear pledges I had left in it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	RICHES, n. A gift from Heaven signifying, "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." John D. Rockefeller The reward of toil and virtue. J.P. Morgan The sayings of many in the hands of one. Eugene Debs To these excellent definitions the inspired lexicographer feels that he can add nothing of value.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Under an over-ruling and merciful Providence the agency of this spirit has thus far been signalized in the prosperity and glory of our beloved country.
Martin van Buren	1837-1841	May it be among the dispensations of His providence to bless our beloved country with honors and with length of days.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	We are a community, a beloved community, all of us.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Beloved" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.77% of the time. "Beloved" is used about 638 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	90.77%	579	10,925
Noun (singular)	9.23%	59	44,010
Total	100.00%	638	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "beloved".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Dodai	N/A	Biblical	Beloved
Elidad	N/A	Biblical	Beloved of God
Henadad	N/A	Biblical	Grace of the beloved
Hobab	N/A	Biblical	Beloved
Jedidah	N/A	Biblical	Well beloved
Jedidiah	N/A	Biblical	Beloved of the Lord
Jerahmeel	N/A	Biblical	The beloved
Jeroham	N/A	Biblical	Beloved
Philetus	N/A	Biblical	Beloved
Jed	N/A	English	Beloved of the Lord
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "beloved": beloved by all ♦ beloved by the people ♦ beloved of the gods ♦ beloved woman ♦ dearly beloved ♦ most beloved. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "beloved": beloved-style.
	Ending with "beloved": much-beloved, well-beloved.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "beloved"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		beminde (loved, loved one, lover, sweetheart, well-beloved), geliefde (loved, loved one, lover, sweetheart, well-beloved), duur (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable). (various references)

Albanian		xhan (soul), njeri i dashur, i dashur (affable, affected, affectionate, amiable, baby, caring, darling, dear, debonair, fond, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good natured, kind, kindly, love, pleasant, precious, sweetheart, sweetie, Sweeting, sweety, Truelove, Valentine, warm). (various references)

Arabic		‏محبوب (agreeable, darling, dear, dearest, dearly loved, delightful, desirable, favorite, favourite, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, lover, lovey, pleasing, popular, well-beloved), ‏عزيزتي (my good lady, sugar), ‏عزيز (darling, dear, precious), ‏أثير (darling, favorite, favourite, fond). (various references)

Bulgarian		възлюбен (sweetheart, true love), ненагледен, любим (darling, dear, favorite, favourite, inamorato, love, lover, mash, paramour, pet, precious, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, true love, well-beloved). (various references)

Chinese		心爱, 心愛 . (various references)

Czech		milovaný, drahý (costly, dear, expensive, own, precious, rich), drahá. (various references)

Danish		værdifuld (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable), sød (dear, expensive, gentle, lovely, soft, sweet, tender, valuable), kær (dear, expensive, lovely, valuable), dyr (animal, beast, costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable). (various references)

Dutch		beminde (loved one, lover, sweetheart, well-beloved), bemind (loved), zoetelief (darling, loved one, lover, sweetheart, well-beloved), waardevol (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, valuable), waard (dear, expensive, host, innkeeper, landlord, lovely, valuable, worth), prýzig (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable), liefste (loved one, lover, sweetheart, well-beloved), liefje (darling, loved one, lover, sweetheart, well-beloved), lief (affable, dainty, dear, expensive, friendly, good-natured, kind, lovable, loved one, lovely, lover, nice, pretty, sweetheart, valuable, well-beloved), kostbaar (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable), geliefde (loved one, lover, sweetheart, well-beloved), geliefd (loved), duur (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable), dierbaar (dear, expensive, lovely, valuable). (various references)

Esperanto		amato (loved one, lover, sweetheart, well-beloved), amatino (loved one, lover, sweetheart, well-beloved), amata (loved). (various references)

Faeroese		kærur (dear, expensive, lovely, valuable), góður (dear, expensive, good, lovely, nice, okay, valuable), dýrur (dear, expensive, lovely, valuable). (various references)

Farsi		موردعلاقه , محبوب (Chary, Cuddlesome, Darling, Dear, Favorite, Lief, Lovable, Popular). (various references)

Finnish		rakastettu (sweetheart), rakas (dear, intimate), lemmitty (sweetheart), kallis (dear, expensive, lovely, valuable), armas (charming, darling, dear, sweet, sweetheart). (various references)

French		bien-aimé, coûteux, cher. (various references)

Frisian		leaf (dear, expensive, lovely, valuable), djoer (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable). (various references)

German		geliebt (dear, loved, much-loved), teuer (costly, dear, dearly, expensive, expensively, extravagant, lovely, pricey, rich, valuable), lieb (brave, cute, dear, dearly, endearing, expensive, kind, kindly, lovely, nice, pleasant, sweet, valuable, valued, welcome), Geliebten, geliebte (lady love, lady-love, loved one, lover, mistress, paramour, sweetheart, truelove, well-beloved). (various references)

Greek		σύζυγοσ (consort, hubby, husband, spouse, wife), πολυαγαπημένοσ (darling, true love), φίλτατοσ (dearest), αγαπημένος (favoured, favourite, favourite of), αγαπητόσ (dear, likable, likeable, pet). (various references)

Hebrew		יקיר (darling, dear, honourable, notable, treasure, worthy), ידיד (fellow, friend, pal), חשוק (desired, hoop, rim, ring), אהוב (darling, lovely, lover, sweetheart), חביב (affable, genial, likable, lovable, lovely, pleasant), נאהב (lovely). (various references)

Hungarian		szeretett (darling, fancied). (various references)

Icelandic		sætur (dear, expensive, lovely, valuable). (various references)

Indonesian		tersayang (dear, deary), tercinta (darling), masyuk (sweetheart), kekasih (babe, darling, lovely, mash, sweetheart). (various references)

Irish		ionúin. (various references)

Italian		caro (charming, costly, darling, dear, expensive, high, lovely, nice, pricey, valuable). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		親愛 (dear, deep affection), 最愛 , 慕わしい (dear), 恋しい (darling, dear, yearned for), 愛しい (darling, dear, lovely). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		したわしい (dear), しんあい (dear, deep affection, intimacy, love and believe in), さいあい, いとしい (darling, dear, lovely), こいしい (darling, dear, yearned for). (various references)

Korean		사랑하는. (various references)

Malay		mahal (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable). (various references)

Manx		tarrishagh. (various references)

Norwegian		søt (dear, expensive, gentle, lovely, soft, sweet, tender, valuable), kostbar (costly, dear, expencive, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable), dyr (animal, beast, costly, dear, expencive, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable). (various references)

Papiamen		stimá (dear, expensive, lovely, valuable), karu (dear, expensive, lovely, valuable), karo (dear, expensive, lovely, valuable). (various references)

Pig Latin		elovedbay.(various references)

Polish		kochany (loved), drogi (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable). (various references)

Portuguese		amado (cherished, darling, dear, inamorato, loved, loved one, lover). (various references)

Romanian		scump (costly, dear, dearly, expensive, high, lovely, miserly, own, precious, pricey, valuable), drag (affection, cherished, darling, dear, expensive, favorite, favourite, honey, love, lovely, pet, precious, sake, shine, valuable). (various references)

Russian		возлюбленный возлюбленный, возлюбленный (boyfriend, boy-friend, dear, inamorato, love, lover, sweetheart, sweetie, sweety, turtledove), ненаглядный, любимый (darling, dear, fair haired, fancied, favorite, favourite, pet, precious, turtle-dove). (various references)

Scottish		ionmhuinn (dear), gràdh (affection, beloved object, love), gaolach (fond), dìleas (dear, faithful, related to). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		voljen (loved, valentine), omiljen (fair haired, favored, favorite, favoured, favourite, pet, popular), dragi (honey, sweetheart, sweetie, sweety, true love), draga (honey, ladylove, lass, tootsy). (various references)

Spanish		querido (best, cherished, darling, dear, deary, desire, inamorato, love, loved one, lover, my dear, precious, sweetheart, Sweeting, used to, well-beloved), novio (boyfriend, bride, bridegroom, fiance, groom, loved one, lover, steady, sweetheart, Sweeting, well-beloved), dilecto, caro (costly, dear, dearly, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable), amado (darling, dear, inamorato, love). (various references)

Swahili		ghali (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable). (various references)

Swedish		kär (dear, expensive, in love, lovely, valuable), avhållen (endear), älskling (darling, duck, flame, fondling, honey, love, lovey, pet, poppet, sugar, sweet, sweetheart), älskad (inamorata, inamorato). (various references)

Tagalog		mahál (dear, expensive, lovely, valuable). (various references)

Turkish		sevgili (beau, concubine, darling, dear, dearie, deary, dove, doxy, duck, duckie, ducky, fancy man, favorite, favourite, feller, fellow, flame, gallant, Gill, girl, inamorata, inamorato, Jill, ladylove, love, loved, lover, paramour, pet, precious, queen, steady, sweetheart, sweetie, sweety, Truelove, well-beloved), can (darling, esprit, heart, life, lifeblood, precious, soul, spirit, vitality). (various references)

Turkmen		sцяli (favorite), яar. (various references)

Ukrainian		улюблений (fancied, favorite, favourite, minion, pet, white), кохана (concubine, girl friend, inamorata, ladylove, lass, love, lover, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie), коханий (boy friend, darling, inamorato, lovable, love, lover, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, turtledove), люба (my dear), любий (chary, darling, dear, honey, lovable, own, precious, pretty). (various references)

Vietnamese		người yêu quý (treasure), người yêu dấu, được yêu quý, được yêu mến. (various references)

Welsh		cu (dear, fond, kind), cariadus (dear, loving), anwylyd, annwyl (dear, expensive, valuable). (various references)

Yucatec		ko'oh (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable). (various references)

Zulu		-bizayo (costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	amans, amantes, amanti, amantissima, amantissimas, amantissimus, amantium, amate, amathi, amatorum, cari, cariae, carior, caris, carissima, carissimam, carissime, carissimi, carissimis, carissimo, carissimos, carissimum, carissimus, caro, carum, cupitis, deramatam, dilecta, dilectae, dilectam, dilecte, dilecti, dilectis, dilectissimi, dilectissimum, dilecto, dilectos, dilectum, dilectus, gratae, grati, gratis, gratissima, gratissimi, gratissimus, gratum, gratus. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	berexdhãm, frithô, ishtô. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	deore, leof. (various references)
Middle Dutch	1100-1500	minnekijn. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 16, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Aspasasqe amplian ton agaphton mou en kuriw
Latin	405	Vulgate	Salutate Ampliatum dilectissimum mihi in Domino
Old English	990	West Saxon	Halette Ampliatum, þone þe ic lufie in Drihtne.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Grete wel Ampliate, most dereworth to me in the Lord.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Grete Amplias my beloved in ye Lorde.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Give my love to Ampliatus, who is dear to me in the Lord,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Romans Chapter 16, Verse 8
Cebuano	Ipangomusta ako kang Ampliato, ang akong hinigugma diha sa Ginoo.
Chinese	又問我在主裡面所親愛的暗伯利安。
Croatian	Pozdravite Amplijata, ljubljenoga moga u Gospodinu.
Danish	Hilser Ampliatus, min elskede i Herren!
Dutch	Groet Amplias, mijn beminde in den Heere.
Finnish	Tervehdys Ampliatukselle, rakkaalleni Herrassa.
French	Saluez Amplias, mon bien-aimé dans le Seigneur.
German	Grüßet Amplias, meinen Lieben in dem HERRN.
Haitian Creole	Di Anplyatis, bon zanmi m' nan menm Seyè a, bonjou.
Hungarian	Köszöntsétek Ampliást, ki nékem szerelmesem az Úrban.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Salam kepada Ampliatus, yang saya kasihi karena dia sama-sama dengan saya sudah bersatu dengan Tuhan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Salam kepada Ampeliatus yang kukasihi di dalam Tuhan.
Italian	Salutate Ampliato, mio diletto nel Signore.
Latvian	Sveiciniet Ampliatu, kas man mîïð Kungâ!
Maori	Oha atu ki a Amapiria, ki taku i aroha ai i roto i te Ariki.
Norwegian	Hils Amplias, min elskede i Herren.
Portuguese	Saudai a Ampliato, meu amado no Senhor.
Rumanian	Spuneyi sqnqtate lui Ampliat, prea iubitul meu kn Domnul. -
Russian	рТЙЧЕФУФЧХКФЕ бНРМЙС, ЧПЪМАВМЕООПЗП НОЕ Ч зПУРПДЕ.
Shuar	Ampriassha Krístunam winia aneamu amikiur asamtai amikmaatruatarum.
Spanish	Saludad a Amplias, amado mío en el Señor.
Swahili	Salamu zangu kwa Ampliato, rafiki yangu katika kuungana na Bwana.
Swedish	Hälsen Ampliatus, min älskade broder i Herren.
Uma	Tabe-ku hi Ampliatus to kupe'ahi' hi rala Pue' Yesus.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "beloved": beloveds. (additional references)
	Words ending with "beloved": unbeloved. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Beloved" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ballulve, behoved, beleve, beleved, belive, bellver, Belodedic, belover, belovodie, belved, Belver, Beyleveld, bilobed, Bjelovar, Blegvad, blove, bodlovic, Bulova, lebovic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "beloved" (pronounced bulu"vd or bulu"vud)
4	-l u" v d	loved, gloved, unloved.
3	-u" v d	shoved.
3	-v u d	avid, livid, fervid, vivid.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-l-o-v"
	-2 letters: bedel, bevel, bleed, delve, devel, lobed, loved, voled.
	-3 letters: bled, bode, bold, bole, dele, dole, dove, levo, lobe, lode, love, veld, vole.
	-4 letters: bed, bee, bel, bod, deb, dee, del, dev, doe, dol, eel, eld, eve, led, lee, lev, lob, obe, ode, old, ole, vee, voe.
	-5 letters: be, bo, de, do, ed, el, lo.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-l-o-v"
	+1 letter: beloveds.
	+2 letters: unbeloved.
	+3 letters: overbilled, overboiled.
	+4 letters: bolshevized, developable, overlabored.
	+5 letters: boulevardier, discoverable, overbalanced, overbleached, voidableness.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
beloved	279	beloved summary	7
cry the beloved country	104	beloved such	7
immortal beloved	80	beloved belindy	7
beloved lyrics	61	beloved disciple john	6
beloved christ jesus	51	beloved music	6
toni morrison beloved	47	beloved jesus	6
the sin of thy beloved	38	beloved morrison	6
beloved by toni morrison	22	beloved beloveds mine	6
band beloved	16	beloved country cry summary	6
beloved movie	15	beloved disciple hammadi nag	5
beloved failure	11	beloved theme	5
beloved morrisons toni	10	beloved eternity	5
author beloved morrison	10	author beloved	5
the dearly beloved	9	beloved immortal review	5
beloved hood robin	8	beloved sethe	5
beloved us	8	apostle beloved john	5
beloved infidel	8	beloved book	5
this is my beloved	7	cry the beloved country cliff note	5
beloved disciple	7	beloved country cry theme	5
cry the beloved country note	7	beloved harmony sweet	5
		beloved nc	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Living in a cardboard box" by Tjeerd Doosje Commentary: "This is my cat Erro captured in his most beloved place: a cardboard box."	"Water castle in winter" by Uschi Hering Commentary: "Gluecksburg castle in north germany is a beloved place to take movies."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Beloved

Definition: Beloved

Beloved

Adjective

Noun

Specialty Definition: Beloved

Synonyms: Beloved

Synonyms within Context: Beloved

Love

Crosswords: Beloved

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Charles Darwin

Epictetus

Marcus Annaeus Lucan

Margaret Fuller

Saadi

St. Francis of Assisi

St. John of the Cross

Use in Literature: Beloved

Emma

Austen, Jane

Alice in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Non-Fiction Usage: Beloved

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Beloved

Andrew Jackson

Martin van Buren

Jimmy Carter

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Beloved

Modern Translation: Beloved

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