cuore

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɔ.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔre
  • Hyphenation: cuò‧re

Etymology 1

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

il cuore

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Noun

cuore m (plural cuori, pejorative cuoràccio/coràccio, derogatory cuoriciàttolo/coriciàttolo or (uncommon) cuorùccio/corùccio, diminutive-endearing cuoricìno/coricìno)

  1. heart
    1. (anatomy) muscular organ that pumps blood
    2. (uncountable) emotion, kindness, moral effort, or spirit
    3. (figuratively) center, essence, or core
  2. breast, bosom
  3. (card games, in the plural) heart
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cuore

  1. plural of cuora

References

  1. AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 137: “il cuore” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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