heartfelt

See also: heart-felt

English

WOTD – 13 June 2007

Alternative forms

• heart-felt

Etymology

heart +‎ felt

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːt.fɛlt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːɹt.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

• Bulgarian: прочувствен (bg) (pročuvstven), искрен (bg) (iskren)
• Chinese:

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

• Esperanto: sincera (eo)
• Finnish: sydämellinen (fi)
• French: sincère (fr)
• German: herzlich (de), von Herzen kommend, tief empfunden, innig (de), aufrecht (de)
• Greek: ειλικρινής (el) (eilikrinís)
• Hindi: दिली (hi) (dilī)

• Italian: sentito (it) m, sincero (it) m
• Japanese: 心からの (kokoro-kara-no)
• Maori: ngākau pono
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ektefølt

• Portuguese: sincero (pt)
• Russian: серде́чный (ru) (serdéčnyj), и́скренний (ru) (ískrennij)
• Scottish Gaelic: math dha-rìribh
• Spanish: sentido (es) m
• Swedish: hjärtlig (sv)