"raison d’etre" meaning in All languages combined

See raison d’etre on Wiktionary

Noun [Anglais]

IPA: \ˌɹeɪ.zɒn ˈdɛt.ɹə\, \ˌɹeɪ.zɒn ˈdɛt.ɹə\, ˈɹeɪ.zɒn ˌdɛt.ɹə, \ˌɹeɪ.zɑn ˈdɛt.ɹə\ Audio: en-uk-raison_d'etre.ogg Forms: raisons d’être [plural], raison d’etres [plural]
  1. Raison d’être.
    Sense id: fr-raison_d’etre-en-noun-KSokgz0V Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Gallicismes en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: raison d’être

Inflected forms

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