affaire de coeur

[ a-fer duh-kœr ]
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noun,plural af·faires de coeur [a-fer duh-kœr]. /aˌfɛr də ˈkœr/. French.
  1. a love affair.

Origin of affaire de coeur

1
Literally, “affair of the heart”
  • Also called af·faire [a-fer] /aˈfɛr/ .

Words Nearby affaire de coeur

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How to use affaire de coeur in a sentence

  • I don't think, in the first case, that this was an affaire de coeur, as the Frenchmen say.

    The Drone | Rutherford Mayne

British Dictionary definitions for affaire de coeur

affaire de coeur

/ French (afɛr də kœr) /


nounplural affaires de coeur (afɛr də kœr)
  1. an affair of the heart; love affair

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