heart

Signification

Noun

1. A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
2. One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
3. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
4. Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.
5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
6. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
7. (obsolete) Memory.
8. A wight or being.
9. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.
10. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
11. The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
12. The centre, essence, or core.

Verb

1. (informal) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
2. To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).
3. (obsolete) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
4. To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
5. To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hɑːt/

Étymologie

PIE word
*ḱḗr
From Middle English herte, from Old English heorte (“heart”), from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd (“heart”). Doublet of cardia; see also core.
Most of the modern figurative senses (such as passion or compassion, spirit, inmost feelings, especially love, affection, and courage) were present in Old English. However, the meaning “center” dates from the early 14th century.
The verb sense “to love” is from the 1977 I ❤ NY advertising campaign.

Phrases

You will never be able to escape from your heart .

Vous ne pourrez jamais échapper à votre cœur.

The boy continued to listen to his heart as they crossed the desert .

Le garçon a continué à écouter son cœur alors qu'ils traversaient le désert.

His hands were abraded and exhausted , but he listened to his heart .

Ses mains étaient abrasées et épuisées, mais il a écouté son cœur.

The boy felt a pang in his heart , thinking about the merchant's daughter .

Le garçon sentit un pang dans son cœur, pensant à la fille du marchand.