cœur

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See also: Cœur, and coeur

French

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French coeur, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Pronunciation

Noun

cœur m (plural cœurs)

  1. (anatomy) heart
  2. (geometry) heart, heart shape
  3. heart (love)
    • 2018, Zaz, Nos vies:
      Dans le cœur, un amour qui fait qu’on se retrouve.
      In the heart, a love which makes us find each other.
  4. (card games) hearts (the suit)
  5. (physics) the core of a nuclear reactor

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole:
  • Haitian Creole: ,
  • Polish: kier

See also

Suits in French · couleurs (layout · text)
cœur carreau pique trèfle
  • Vietnamese:

References

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Lombard

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Alternative forms

  • coeur, cœr (Western orthographies)
  • cör (Eastern and Ticinese orthographies)
  • còr (Novarese, Ticinese, Bregajòt and Poscjavin)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kør/, (Western and Eastern)
  • IPA(key): /kɔr/, (Novarese, Ticinese, Bregajòt and Poscjavin)

Noun

cœur m (plural cœur)

  1. (anatomy) heart
  2. (geometry) heart, heart shape
  3. heart (love)
  4. (card games) hearts (the suit)
  5. (physics) the core of a nuclear reactor

Middle French

Noun

cœur m (plural cœurs)

  1. Alternative form of coeur

Norman

Etymology

From Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Pronunciation

Noun

cœur m (plural cœurs)

  1. heart