casse-cœur
French
noun
Definitions
- (figurative) heartbreaker; lady-killer, man-killer
Etymology
Affix from French casser (break, bust) + French cœur (heart).
Origin
French
cœur
Gloss
heart
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
心
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cor Latin
- kőr Hungarian
- cassare Italian
- cassable French
- cassage French
- casse-bonbons French
- casse-burnes French
- casse-cou French
- casse-couilles French
- casse-gueule French
- casse-tête French
- casse-vitesse French
- casser French
- courage French
- cœur French
- écœurer French
- kassere Norwegian Bokmål
- kier Polish
- coeur Middle French
- kè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- kase Mauritian Creole
- leker Mauritian Creole
- cassé Louisiana Creole French
- leker Seychellois Creole