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raison d'etre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
raison d'e-tre
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of raison d'être.

Inflected Forms

raisons d'etre (plural)

Questions

What does raison d'etre mean?
Alternative form of raison d'être.

How to pronounce raison d'etre

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