affaire de coeur

[ a-fer duh kœr ]

noun

, French.

, plural af·faires de coeur [a-fer d, uh, , kœr].

1. a love affair.

affaire de coeur

/ afɛr də kœr /

noun

1. an affair of the heart; love affair

Word History and Origins

Origin of affaire de coeur¹

Literally, “affair of the heart”

Example Sentences

I don't think, in the first case, that this was an affaire de coeur, as the Frenchmen say.

From Project Gutenberg

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