heartfelt

WOTD – 13 June 2007    

English

Alternative forms

• heart-felt

Etymology

From heart + felt

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhɑːt.fɛlt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhɑːrt.fɛlt/

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Adjective

heartfelt (comparative more heartfelt, superlative most heartfelt)

1. Felt or believed deeply and sincerely.

   She expressed her heartfelt sympathies at the death of his mother.

Synonyms

• genuine, sincere, true

Derived terms

• heartfeltly
• heartfeltness

Translations

felt or believed deeply and sincerely

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 由衷 (cmn) (yóuzhōng), 衷心 (cmn) (zhōngxīn)

• Finnish: sydämellinen (fi)
• French: sincère (fr)
• German: herzlich (de)

• Hindi: दिली (hi) (dilī)
• Japanese: 心からの (ja) (kokoro-kara-no)
• Russian: сердечный (ru) (serdéčnyj), искренний (ru) (ískrennij)
• Scottish Gaelic: math dha-rìribh (gd)