cuore

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɔ.re/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔre
  • Hyphenation: cuò‧re

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Alternative forms

Noun

cuore m (plural cuori, pejorative cuoràccio/coràccio, diminutive-endearing cuoricìno/coricìno, derogatory cuoriciàttolo/coriciàttolo or (uncommon) cuorùccio/corùccio)

  1. heart
    1. (anatomy) muscular organ that pumps blood
    2. (uncountable) emotion, kindness, moral effort, or spirit
    3. (figurative) center, essence, or core
  2. breast, bosom
  3. (card games, in the plural) heart
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cuore

  1. plural of cuora

References

  1. ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 137: “il cuore” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Neapolitan

Noun

cuore

  1. plural of core