cœur
French
Etymology
From Middle French coeur, cœur, from Old French cuer, coer, quer, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic *kord, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.
Pronunciation
Noun
cœur m (plural cœurs)
- (anatomy) heart
- (geometry) heart, heart shape
- heart (love)
- (card games) hearts (the suit)
- (physics) the core of a nuclear reactor
Derived terms
- angine de cœur
- avoir le cœur sur la main
- cœur artificiel
- cœur basedowien
- cœur biloculaire
- cœur brisé
- cœur droit
- cœur d’artichaut
- cœur d’athlète
- cœur en goutte
- cœur en sabot
- cœur forcé
- cœur gauche
- cœur irritable
- cœur pulmonaire aigu
- cœur pulmonaire chronique
- cœur triloculaire
- contrecœur
- haut-le-cœur
- par cœur
- piliers du cœur
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Suits in French · couleurs (layout · text) | |||
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cœur | carreau | pique | trèfle |
References
- “cœur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Jacques Quevauvilliers, Dictionnaire médical, Elsevier Masson, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 5th ed., 2007, →ISBN, p. 201
Further reading
- “cœur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Noun
cœur m (plural cœurs)
- Alternative form of coeur
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