cuore

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Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɔ.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔre
  • Hyphenation: cuò‧re

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

il cuore

Alternative forms

  • core (Tuscan or literary/archaic), cor (apocopic)
  • quore (obsolete, now considered a misspelling)
  • cuor (apocopic)

Noun

cuore m (plural cuori, pejorative cuoràccio/coràccio, derogatory cuoriciàttolo/coriciàttolo or (uncommon) cuorùccio/corùccio, diminutive-endearing cuoricìno/coricìno)

  1. heart
    1. (anatomy) muscular organ that pumps blood
    2. (uncountable) emotion, kindness, moral effort, or spirit
    3. (figurative) center, essence, or core
  2. breast, bosom
  3. (card games, in the plural) heart
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cuore

  1. plural of cuora

References

  1. ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweizmap 137: “il cuore” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Neapolitan

Noun

cuore

  1. plural of core