by heart
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by heart
- /baɪ ˈhɑːt/ UK
- /baɪ ˈhɑɹt/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English by herte. Compare French par cœur (literally “by heart”), of which the English may be a calque.
phrase off by heart
- From unaided memory and in full detail. to learn something by heart
Translations
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prep_phrase Translations
| Español | de memoria, de cabeza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 암기하다 amgihada |
| 日本語 | 暗記して anki-shite, 空で sora-de |
| 中文 | 靠記憶 /靠记忆 kào jìyì |
| Português | de cor, de memória, na ponta da língua, de cabeça |
| Français | par cœur, de mémoire, de tête |
| Deutsch | auswendig |
| Italiano | a memoria |
| Ελληνικά | απέξω apéxo |
| Română | pe de rost, pe dinafară |
| Русский | наизу́сть naizústʹ, на па́мять na pámjatʹ, назубо́к nazubók |
| العربية | عَنْ ظَهْرِ ٱلْقَلْبِ ʕan ẓahri l-qalbi |
| עברית | בְּעַל פֶּה be'ál pé |
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