how to pronounce hearts

/ˈhɑːɹts/

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hearts is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of hearts in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… when we give our hearts when we turn our …”

meanings of hearts

noun:

One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥.
A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and the queen of spades.
Plural of heart.

name:

Plural of Heart.
Heart of Midlothian F.C., a football club from Edinburgh.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heart.

hearts frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word hearts occurs in english on average 56.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.