c'est la vie

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈseɪ.lɑˌvi/

Etymology

Borrowing from French

Phrase

c'est la vie

1. That's life; such is life.
   • 2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §1.4

     Incidentally, it is common to store Prolog code in files with a .pl suffix. It’s an indication of what the file contains (namely Prolog code) and with some Prolog implementations you don’t actually have to type in the .pl suffix when you consult a file. Nice — but there is a drawback. Files containing Perl scripts usually have a .pl suffix too, and nowadays there are a lot of Perl scripts in use, so this can cause confusion. C’est la vie.

See also

• life's a bitch
• shit happens
• that's life
• this is the life

Translations

that's life

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ‎這就是生活, ‎这就是生活 (zhè jiùshì shēnghuó)

• Dutch: zo is het leven (nl)
• Finnish: c'est la vie (fi)
• Georgian: ასეთია ცხოვრება (ka) (aset'ia c'xovreba) 
• German: so ist das Leben (de)
• Icelandic: svona er lífið (is)
• Japanese: (informal) 人生はそういうものだ (ja) (jinsei wa sō iu mono da), 人生はそういうものです (ja) (jinsei wa sō iu mono desu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can

• Lithuanian: toks gyvenimas (lt), toks jau gyvenimas (lt)
• Persian: زندگی همین است (fa) (zendegi hamin ast)
• Polish: takie jest życie (pl)
• Portuguese: assim é a vida (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: такова жизнь (ru) (taková žizn’) 
• Spanish: así es la vida (es)
• Swedish: sådant är livet (sv), sånt är livet (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

References

• C'est la vie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• "c'est la vie" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

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Finnish

Etymology

From French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈselaviː/

Phrase

c'est la vie

1. c'est la vie

Synonyms

• sellaista elämä on
• sellaista se on

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛ.la.vi/

Phrase

c'est la vie

1. that's life; such is life; c'est la vie