heart-shaped en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(not-comparable, usually) Having the traditional, notional shape of a heart (♥), that is pointed at one end and indented at the opposite side.
It was not the kind of face he had expected to see at all. It was young, smooth-skinned, heart-shaped, surrounded by an aura of vivid titian hair that coiled luxuriantly.
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 80:[…] Passing, I leave thee lilac with heart-shaped leaves, / I leave thee there in the door-yard, blooming, returning with spring.
1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most heart-shaped | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more heart-shaped | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (34)
az ürəyəoxşar (having the supposed shape of a heart) · sv hjärtformad (having the supposed shape of a heart) · ga croíchruthach (having the supposed shape of a heart) · da hjerteformet (having the supposed shape of a heart) · fr cordiforme (having the supposed shape of a heart) · gl con forma de corazón (having the supposed shape of a heart) · pl sercowaty (having the supposed shape of a heart) · nb hjerteforma (having the supposed shape of a heart) · nv yaago heeneez (having the supposed shape of a heart) · sh срцо̀лик (having the supposed shape of a heart) · nn hjarteforma (having the supposed shape of a heart) · ru сердцеобра́зный (having the supposed shape of a heart) · nb hjerteformet (having the supposed shape of a heart) · ru сердцеви́дный (having the supposed shape of a heart) · sh sȑcast (having the supposed shape of a heart) · ja ハート型 (having the supposed shape of a heart) · it in forma di cuore (having the supposed shape of a heart) · ca cordiforme (having the supposed shape of a heart) · nl hartvormig (having the supposed shape of a heart) · sh srcòlik (having the supposed shape of a heart) · cy calonwedd (having the supposed shape of a heart) · nv ajéí díshjool nahalingo yaago heeneez (having the supposed shape of a heart) · el καρδιόσχημος (having the supposed shape of a heart) · cy calonffurf (having the supposed shape of a heart) · de herzförmig (having the supposed shape of a heart) · fi sydämen muotoinen (having the supposed shape of a heart) · it cuoriforme (having the supposed shape of a heart) · eo korforma (having the supposed shape of a heart) · az ürəkvari (having the supposed shape of a heart) · fr en cœur (having the supposed shape of a heart) · fr en forme de cœur (having the supposed shape of a heart) · sh ср̏цаст (having the supposed shape of a heart) · el καρδιοειδής (having the supposed shape of a heart) · pt cordiforme (having the supposed shape of a heart)