Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reason d'être

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables
rea-son d'e-tre
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nonstandard form of raison d’être

Inflected Forms

reasons d'être (plural)

Questions

What does reason d'être mean?
Nonstandard form of raison d’être

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