cri de coeur

cri de coeur

See also: cri-de-coeur and cri de cœur

English

Alternative forms

• cri-de-coeur, cri de cœur

Etymology

French cri du cœur, meaning approximately “a cry from the heart”.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹiː.dəˈkɜː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹi.dəˈkɚ/

Noun

cri de coeur (plural cris de coeur)

1. An impassioned outcry, appeal, protest or entreaty.
   • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, p. 308:

     What do you think of Mr. Salinger's cri de coeur?

   • 2014 May 28, John McWhorter, “Saint Maya”, in The New Republic‎, ISSN 0028-6583:

     Personal accounts of racial discrimination were eagerly sought by whites seeking to understand "those people," while blacks justly valued them as overdue cris de coeur.