haut-le-cœur
French, noun/o.l(ə).kœʁ/
haut-le-cœur is spelled H-A-U-T-L-E-C-Œ-U-R (10 letters). Haut-le-cœur is a French masculine noun meaning “retching, gagging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Convulsion très forte de l’estomac”.
What does haut-le-cœur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineretching, gagging
Elle a eu un haut-le-cœur.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Convulsion très forte de l’estomac. 2. Mouvement de dépit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of haut-le-cœur
- ^((h aspiré))\o.lə.kœʁ\ invariable
- ^((h aspiré))\ol.kœʁ\ invariable
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce haut-le-cœur?
- /o.l(ə).kœʁ/
- ^((h aspiré))\o.lə.kœʁ\
- ^((h aspiré))\ol.kœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to haut-le-cœur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.