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le cœur
heart
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How do you say cœur in French?
How do you pronounce cœur in French?
cœur is pronounced /lə kœʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le cœur brisé de mon ami le rend triste.
My friend's broken heart makes him sad. (The masculine adjective 'brisé' and article 'le' show that 'cœur' is masculine; if it were feminine, we'd say 'la cœur brisée')
Son nouveau cœur artificiel fonctionne parfaitement.
His new artificial heart works perfectly. (The masculine adjectives 'nouveau' and 'artificiel' agree with the masculine noun 'cœur'; feminine would be 'nouvelle' and 'artificielle')
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Why is it masculine?
Cœur is masculine because it derives from Latin "cor" (heart), which was a neuter noun in Latin but became masculine in Old French through a sound change where Latin neuter nouns typically shifted to masculine gender in Romance languages. This is a regular pattern rather than an exception—most French nouns descended from Latin neuters became masculine.
What is the French word for heart?
The French word for heart is le cœur — masculine.
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