raison d'etre

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See also: raison d'être

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French raison d’être.

Pronunciation

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Noun

raison d'etre (plural raisons d'etre)

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

References

  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]

Anagrams

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