joli cœur
French
Alternative forms
- joli-cœur
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɔ.li kœʁ/
Noun
joli cœur m (plural jolis cœurs)
- a gallant, flirty man
- (Réunion) synonym of bois de joli cœur (Pittosporum senacia Putt.)[1]
Derived terms
References
- ^ Dominique Martiré (2021), Faune et flore de La Réunion, Paris: Delachaux et Niestlé, →ISBN, p. 140.
Further reading
- Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “joli”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
- “joli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012