coûter la vie

French edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ku.te la vi/
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Verb edit

coûter la vie

(transitive with à) to cost someone their life, to take someone's life, to claim someone's life, to cause someone's death

Usage notes edit

Used with inanimate subjects: accident, maladie, etc.

See also edit

ôter la vie

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