raison d'etre

English

Etymology

From French raison d'être

Pronunciation

  • (French) IPA: /ʁɛzɔ̃ dɛːtʁ̥/[1]
  • (RP) IPA: /ˌɹeɪzɒ̃ ˈdɛtɹə/[2]
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Noun

raison d'etre (plural raisons d'etre)

  1. Anglicized spelling of raison d'être; a reason for living.

References

  1. ^ raison” and “être” in the Trésor de la Langue Française, © 2007 — Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales
  2. ^ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]

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