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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
affability, affable, affair, affaire, affaire d'amour, affaire de coeur, affaire d'honneur, affairs, affect, affectation, affected
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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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