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)

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.

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