heartbeat

English

Etymology

From heart +‎ beat

Noun

heartbeat (plural heartbeats)

One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
The policeman waited for a heartbeat in vain

He alone gives me such heartbeats
The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator
If your heartbeat doesn't normalize soon, consult a doctor!
A driving impulse or vital force.
Music is the heartbeat of the people.
A very short space of time; an instant.
The ambulance arrived in a heartbeat.
(computing) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.

Synonyms

(rhythm at which a heart pulsates): pulse

Derived terms

in a heartbeat

Translations

one pulsation of the heart

Bulgarian: пулс (bg) m (puls)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 心跳 (zh) (xīntiào)
Dutch: hartslag (nl)
Finnish: sydämenlyönti
French: pulsation (fr) f
Galician: latexo cardíaco m
Georgian: გულისცემა (guliscema)
German: Herzschlag (de) m
Hindi: धड़कन (hi) (dhadkan)
Hungarian: szívdobbanás

Italian: battito (it) m
Japanese: 心拍 (しんぱく, shinpaku)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjerteslag n

Nynorsk: hjarteslag n
Polish: bicie serca n, puls (pl) m
Portuguese: batida de coração f
Russian: бие́ние се́рдца n (bijénije sérdca), сердцебие́ние (ru) n (serdcebijénije), пульс (ru) m (pulʹs), се́рдца стук m (sérdca stuk) (poetic)
Serbo-Croatian: otkucaj (sh) m
Spanish: latido del corazón m, latido (es) m
Swedish: hjärtslag (sv) n

the rhythm at which a heart pulsates

Bulgarian: пулс (bg) m (puls)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 心跳 (zh) (xīntiào)
Dutch: hartslag (nl), hartritme (nl) n, pols (nl)
Finnish: syke (fi), sydämensyke
French: rythme cardiaque m

Galician: ritmo cardíaco m
Hungarian: szívverés (hu)
Italian: battito cardiaco m, battito del cuore m, battito del polso m, pulsazione (it)
Maori: kakapa manawa
Russian: сердцебие́ние (ru) n (serdcebijénije), пульс (ru) m (pulʹs), ритм (ru) (ritm) (formal)
Spanish: ritmo cardiaco m

driving impulse

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} kloppend hart n , ^{(please verify)} motor (nl)

Finnish: syke (fi)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: inspiración (es) f

an instant

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: hartslag (nl), harteklop

Finnish: silmänräpäys (fi)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: instante (es) m, suspiro (es), momento (es) m

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Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} batticuòre m, ^{(please verify)} battito cardiaco m, ^{(please verify)} battito del cuore m, ^{(please verify)} battito del polso m, ^{(please verify)} pulsazione (it)

Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 心拍 (shinpaku)

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