tenir à cœur

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tə.niʁ a kœʁ/
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Verb

tenir à cœur

  1. (figuratively) to be important to, to matter to, to be dear/close to (someone's) heart
    tout ce qui me tient à cœureverything I hold dear