raison d'etre

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 References 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French raison d'être

[edit] Pronunciation

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

raison d'etre (plural raisons d' etre)

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

[edit] References

• Notes:

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]

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of adeeinorrst
• noise trader