heart

(Inglés)

Noun

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

Verb

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

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/hɑːt/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: herte

Herdado de Old English: heorte

In summary

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.

Sinónimos

mind

core

center

soul

centre

spirit

feelings

middle

bosom

essence

kernel

gist

nucleus

nub

pith

darling

meat

🥩

emotion

intention

emotions

thoughts

chest

will

courage

conscience

feeling

ticker

wish

liver

thought

💭

disposition

desire

moods

nerve

mettle

expectation

character

spunk

sweetheart

sentiment

root

cardiac

hope

pump

affection

nitty-gritty

breast

marrow

affectionateness

lung

Traducións

cœur

❤️

Herz

❤️

corazón

❤️

cuore

❤️

hart

❤️

coeur

serce

coração

❤️

cor

❤️

καρδιά

cor

❤️

dil

❤️

yürek

❤️

قلب

qelb

❤️

Frases

It brought his heart into his mouth .

You will never be able to escape from your heart .

Yet each felt his heart beat a bit faster .

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

" Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him ," his heart said .

" It means only that the heart does what it can ," the alchemist said .