coûter la vie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.te la vi/

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Verb

coûter la vie

1. to cost (someone) their life, to take (someone's) life, to claim (someone's) life, to cause (someone's) death [with à ‘someone’]

Usage notes

• Used with inanimate subjects: accident, maladie, etc.

See also

• ôter la vie