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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

 
 
il cuore

Alternative forms

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  • core (Tuscan[1] or literary/archaic), cor (apocopic)
  • quore (obsolete, now considered a misspelling)
  • cuor (apocopic)

Noun

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

  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
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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cuore

  1. plural of cuora

References

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  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

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Noun

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cuore

  1. plural of core