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affaire de coeur

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

Origin of affaire de coeur

Literally, “affair of the heart”

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) /

noun plural affaires de coeur (afɛr də kœr)
an affair of the heart; love affair
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