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cœur — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breast noun Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest that can produce milk.
  • core noun The central or most essential part of something.
  • courage noun The ability to face danger, pain, or difficulty without being overcome by fear.
  • dead adj No longer alive.
  • depths noun The deepest, most remote, or most extreme part of something.
  • frog noun A small tailless amphibian with long hind legs built for jumping and swimming.
  • heart noun The muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally seen as the seat of emotion.
  • hearts noun One of the four suits in a standard deck of playing cards, marked with a red heart symbol.
  • kernel noun The soft, edible part inside a nut or seed, once the hard shell or husk is removed.
  • pith noun The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
  • skeleton noun The framework of bones supporting a human or animal body.

Senses

cœur is used for these senses in English:

  • breast The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.
  • breast A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
  • core The center or inner part of a space or area.
  • core The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
  • core (engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.
  • courage The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
  • dead (often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
  • depths The most severe or involved period.

breast — full definition

  1. noun Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest that can produce milk.
  2. noun The chest area of a person or animal.
  3. noun A cut of meat from the chest of poultry or other animals.

core — full definition

  1. noun The central or most essential part of something.
  2. noun The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
  3. adj Forming the most important or fundamental part of something.
  4. verb To remove the core from a piece of fruit.

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