joli cœur
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Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
joli cœur m (plural jolis cœurs)
- a gallant, flirty man
- (Réunion) Synonym of bois de joli cœur (Pittosporum senacia Putt.)[1]
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References edit
- ^ Dominique Martiré (2021) Faune et flore de La Réunion, Paris: Delachaux et Niestlé, →ISBN, p. 140.
Further reading edit
- “joli” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “joli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.