coeur

See also: cœur and Cœur

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kœʁ/

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Noun

coeur m (plural coeurs)

1. Nonstandard spelling of cœur.

Usage notes

• The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.

Further reading

• “coeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• coure
• écrou

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin cor, from Proto-Italic *kord, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Noun

coeur m (plural coeur)

1. Alternative spelling of cœur ("heart")

Middle French

Alternative forms

• cueur, cœur

Etymology

From Old French cuer.

Noun

coeur m (plural coeurs)

1. heart

Descendants

• French: cœur
  • Antillean Creole: kè
  • Haitian Creole: kè, kœ
  • → Polish: kier