raison d'etre

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See also: raison d'être

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French raison d'être.

Pronunciation[edit]

(French) IPA^(key): /ʁɛzɔ̃ dɛːtʁ̥/^[1]
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹeɪzɒ̃ ˈdɛtɹə/^[2]
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Noun[edit]

raison d'etre (plural raisons d'etre)

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

References[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

noise trader, risedronate

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