The most romantic word in the world?

Here’s a clue – unless you’re a die-hard Star-Trek fan, It’s not “qaparha,” which is Klingon for “I love you.”

According to a London based poll of 320 linguists the most romantic word in the world is the French word “amour,” which narrowly beat out the like-sounding Italian word “amore.” It should be noted that as a whole, however, that even though the notoriously romantic French took first place for individual word, Italian was named the world’s most romantic language overall.

Rounding out the top six places were “Bellissima,” both Italian and Spanish for “very beautiful,” and
“tesoro,” which means “treasure. It, too, is the same in Spanish and Italian. The Italians also took fifth and sixth places for “dolcezza,” (sweetness) and “innamorata (enamoured.)

After Italian the experts found the second-most romantic language was French, easily ahead of Spanish and English in joint third place.

And the least romantic-sounding way to say, “I love you” in any language?

The winner was Japan’s “watakushiwa anata-wo ai shimasu,” followed by the Welsh “rydw i’n dy garu di.”

In other words, there’s a reason languages such as French, Italian and Spanish are known as “Romance Languages.”

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