How to Say "No Love" in French

pas d'amour

The English phrase 'no love' is expressed in French as pas d'amour.

How does it change in a sentence?

In the phrase pas d'amour, the word de (of) is required after the negation pas to indicate a quantity of zero.

In French culture, the concept of 'no love' is often contrasted with l'amour vache, which describes a 'cow love' or a relationship where partners are mean to each other despite loving one another.
The word pas in pas d'amour originally meant 'a step'. It was used to emphasize a denial by saying you would not even take 'a step' toward something.
The word amour is one of the few French nouns that can be used as both masculine and feminine depending on the poetic context, though it is usually masculine in pas d'amour.

Pas d'amour sans jalousie.
No love without envy.
This example shows how to use pas d'amour in a sentence about envy.
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Il n'y a pas d'amour sans confiance.
There is no love without trust.
This example demonstrates the use of pas d'amour in a sentence about trust.
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Je tiens à garder notre relation strictement professionnelle. Je ne souhaite pas mélanger travail et amour.
I prefer to keep our relationship strictly professional. I don't want to mix work and love.
Désolé(e), mais je ne ressens rien de romantique envers toi. On devrait rester amis.
Sorry, but I don't feel anything romantic towards you. We should remain friends.
Il n'y a pas d'amour entre eux.
There is no love between them.

Lucas and Chloé are discussing a movie they just watched.

Lucas

Tu as aimé l'histoire ?
Did you like the story?
Chloé

Non, il n'y a pas d'amour dans ce film.
No, there is no love in this movie.
Lucas

C'est vrai, c'est trop triste.
It's true, it is too sad.
Chloé

Je suis d'accord avec toi.
I agree with you.

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