joli cœur

See also: joli-cœur, Joli-Cœur, Jolicoeur, and Jolicœur

French

Alternative forms

• joli-cœur

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ.li kœʁ/

Noun

joli cœur m (plural jolis cœurs)

1. a gallant, flirty man
2. (Réunion) Synonym of bois de joli cœur (Pittosporum senacia Putt.)

Derived terms

• bois de joli cœur
• faire le joli cœur

 

Further reading

• “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.