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coeur

heart

noun KUR Common
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Usage Note

Coeur (officially cœur) is central to dozens of French idioms: avoir le coeur sur la main (to be very generous, literally 'to have one's heart in one's hand'), de tout coeur (wholeheartedly), and par coeur (by heart, i.e. from memory). The ligature œ is now often simplified to oe in everyday writing.

Examples

"Elle a le coeur brisé."

Natural Translation

She has a broken heart.

Literal Translation

She has the heart broken

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