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enfant de coeur

enfant de coeur noun: a child who sings in a choir, typically quiet and well-behaved.

Noun

enfant de coeur (plural enfants de coeur)

  1. (obsolete) A child who sings in a choir, typically quiet and well-behaved.
    • "Nowadays, the young people sit while their elders stand!" the Abbot succinctly said, riveting a curly-pated enfant de coeur lolling coxcombically beneath the nose of a doating Statilia.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page #88
    Synonyms:
    chorister, choirboy

Synonyms of enfant de coeur

Forms of enfant de coeur

pluralenfants de coeur
alternative formenfant de cœur

Origin of enfant de coeur

Borrowed from French enfant de chœur.

Questions about enfant de coeur

What does enfant de coeur mean?
Enfant de coeur means a child who sings in a choir, typically quiet and well-behaved.
What part of speech is enfant de coeur?
Enfant de coeur is a noun.
What is the plural of enfant de coeur?
The plural of enfant de coeur is enfants de coeur.

Words near enfant de coeur in the dictionary

  1. enfamish
  2. enfamished
  3. enfamishes
  4. enfamishing
  5. enfancy
  6. enfant de coeur
  7. enfant terrible
  8. enfantement
  9. enfantements
  10. enfants terribles
  11. enfasten

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