Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enfant de coeur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: en-fan-t de -coeur
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A child who sings in a choir, typically quiet and well-behaved.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

""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."

Etymology

Borrowed from French enfant de chœur.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

enfants de coeur (plural) enfant de cœur (alternative)

Synonyms

chorister choirboy

Questions

What does enfant de coeur mean?: A child who sings in a choir, typically quiet and well-behaved.
Where does enfant de coeur come from?: Borrowed from French enfant de chœur.

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