affaire de coeur
[ a-fer duh-kœr ]
noun,plural af·faires de coeur [a-fer duh-kœr]. /aˌfɛr də ˈkœr/. French.
a love affair.
Origin of affaire de coeur
1Literally, “affair of the heart”
- Also called af·faire [a-fer] /aˈfɛr/ .
Words Nearby affaire de coeur
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
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)
an affair of the heart; love affair
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse