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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
heard	night	mind	#203: heart	going	knew	seen

[ Etymology

Old English heorte < Proto-Germanic *xirtan < Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr. Cognate with Dutch hart, German Herz, Swedish hjärta. The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek καρδία, Latin cor, Welsh craidd, Russian сердце, Lithuanian širdis.

[ Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /hɑːt/, SAMPA: /hA:t/
• (GenAm) IPA: /hɑɹt/, SAMPA: /hArt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)t

[ Noun

Singular heart

Plural hearts

heart (plural hearts)

1. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body.
2. (uncountable) Emotions, kindness, or spirit in general.

   The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart.

3. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: (♥).
4. 1998, Pat Cadigan, Tea From an Empty Cup, p. 106

   "Aw. Thank you." The Cherub kissed the air between them and sent a small cluster of tiny red hearts at her.

5. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
6. The centre, essence, or core.

[ Usage notes

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) May also be used in the sense of the #Verb usage.

1. 1998, Pat Cadigan, Tea From an Empty Cup, p. 106

   "Aw. Thank you." The Cherub kissed the air between them and sent a small cluster of tiny red hearts at her.

[ Derived terms

terms derived from "heart"

amber heart artichoke heart at heart bleeding heart break someone's heart by heart change of heart cockles of the heart congestive heart failure coronary heart disease dishearten eat one's heart out from thee bottom of one's heart good-hearted hard-hearted heartache heart attack heartbeat heart block heartbreak heartbreaker heart-breaking heartbroken heartburn heart disease hearten heart failure heartfelt

heart-free heart-healthy heartland heartless heart-lung machine heart pine heartrending heartsease heartsick heartsome heartsore heart-stopping heartstring heartthrob heart-to-heart heartwarming heart-whole heartwood heartworm hearty lose one's heart open-heart Purple Heart set one's heart on single-hearted sweetheart take heart

[ Translations

an organ

Albanian: zemër sq(sq) f. Ancient Greek: καρδία (kardiā) Arabic: قلب ar(ar) (qalb) m. Aragonese: corazón an(an) Aramaic: Syriac: ܠܒܐ (libā’) m. Hebrew: לבא (libā’) m. Armenian: սիրտ hy(hy) (sirt) Azeri: qəlb az(az), ürək az(az) Basque: bihotz eu(eu) Belarusian: сэрца be(be) Bosnian: srce bs(bs) n. Breton: kalon br(br) f. Bulgarian: сърце bg(bg) (sǎrtse) n. Catalan: cor ca(ca) Chinese: 心臟 cmn(cmn), 心脏 cmn(cmn) (xīn-zàng) Chinese Characters: 心 Chuvash: чĕре Croatian: srce hr(hr) n. Czech: srdce cs(cs) n. Danish: hjerte da(da) n. Dutch: hart nl(nl) n. Esperanto: koro eo(eo) Faroese: hjarta fo(fo) n. Finnish: sydän fi(fi) French: cœur fr(fr) m. German: Herz de(de) n. Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (haírtō) Greek: καρδιά el(el) (karðá) f. Gujarati: દિલ gu(gu) (dil) n. Hawaiian: pu'uwai Hebrew: לב he(he) (lev) m. Hindi: दिल hi(hi) (dil) m. Hittite: 𒆠𒅕 (kir) Hungarian: szív hu(hu) Icelandic: hjarta is(is) n. Ilocano: puso Indonesian: jantung id(id) Interlingua: corde ia(ia) Italian: cuore it(it) m. Japanese: 心臓 ja(ja) (しんぞう, shinzō) Jèrriais: tchoeu m. Kashubian: serce csb(csb) n. Korean: 심장 ko(ko) (simjang) Kuna: kuage Kurdish: dil ku(ku) m., qelb ku(ku) m., دڵ ku(ku) Kyrgyz: жүрөк ky(ky) (žürök) Lao: ໃຈ lo(lo) (cay) Latin: cor la(la) n. Latvian: sirds lv(lv) f.

Lithuanian: širdis lt(lt) f. Luwian: 𒍝𒀀𒅈𒍝 (zārza) Macedonian: срце mk(mk) (srce) n. Malay: jantung ms(ms) Maltese: qalb mt(mt) Manx: cree gv(gv) f. Mapudungun: piwke Marathi: ह्रुदय mr(mr) (hruday) Nahuatl: yollotl nah(nah) Norwegian: hjerte no(no) n. Occitan: còr oc(oc) m. Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: срьдьцє (srĭdĭce) n. Glagolitic: ⰔⰓⰠⰄⰠⰜⰅ (srĭdĭce) n. Old English: heorte ang(ang) Old Frisian: hirte Old High German: herza Old Irish: cride Old Norse: hjarta Old Prussian: seyr Pashto: زره ps(ps) (zrë) Persian: دل fa(fa) (del), قلب fa(fa) (ghalb) Polish: serce pl(pl) n. Portuguese: coração pt(pt) m. Quechua: sunqu qu(qu) Rapa Nui: mahatu Romanian: inimă ro(ro) f. Russian: сердце ru(ru) (sérdtse) n. Sanskrit: हृदय sa(sa) (hṛdaya) n. Scots: hert Scottish Gaelic: cridhe gd(gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: срце sr(sr) n. Roman: srce sr(sr) n. Slovak: srdce sk(sk) n. Slovene: srce sl(sl) n. Spanish: corazón es(es) m. Swahili: moyo sw(sw) sg., mioyo sw(sw) pl. Swedish: hjärta sv(sv) n. Tagalog: puso tl(tl) Tamazight: ⵓⵍ (ul) m. Telugu: గుండె te(te) (guMDe) Thai: หัวใจ th(th) (hua-jai) Tocharian B: käryāñ Turan: yürək Turkish: yürek tr(tr) Ukrainian: серце uk(uk) (sértse) n. Urdu: دل ur(ur) (dil) m. Welsh: calon cy(cy) West Frisian: hert fy(fy)

emotions or kindness

Bosnian: srce bs(bs) n. Czech: srdce cs(cs) n. Danish: hjerte da(da) n. Dutch: hart nl(nl) n. Faroese: hjarta fo(fo) n. Finnish: sydän fi(fi) French: cœur fr(fr) m. German: Herzchen de(de) n. Greek: έλεος el(el) (éleos) n., σπλαγχνικότητα el(el) (splaŋkhnikótita) f., συμπόνοια el(el) (si[m]bónia) f., συναισθηματικότητα el(el) (sinesthimatikótita) f., θέρμη el(el) (thérmi) f., καρδιά el(el) (karðiá) f. Ancient Greek: καρδία (kardia) f. Italian: cuore it(it) m. Japanese: 心 ja(ja) (こころ, kokóro)

Kurdish: dil ku(ku) m., qelb ku(ku) m. Maltese: qalb mt(mt) f. Norwegian: hjerte no(no) n. Old English: mōd ang(ang) n., sefa ang(ang) m., hyġe ang(ang) m. Portuguese: amabilidade pt(pt) f., bondade GFDL. This site was used times.