c'est la vie

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Contents 1 French 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Idiom 1.4 References

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[edit] Etymology

From French c'est la vie (“‘that is life’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛ.la.vi/

[edit] Idiom

c’est la vie

1. An expression of resignation in response to unfavorable events; that’s life, such is life.

[edit] References

• C'est la vie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “c'est la vie” in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.