Etymology

Creve Coeur

Today it means: A village in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. Full definition →

French crève-cœur
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromcrève-cœur“heartbreak”
  2. English todayCreve Coeur

From French crève-cœur (“heartbreak”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.