raison d'êtren.

Brit.

/ˌreɪzɒ̃ ˈdɛtr(ə)/,

/ˌreɪz(ɒ)n ˈdɛtr(ə)/, U.S.

/ˌreɪzɔn ˈdɛtrə/

Inflections: Plural raisons d'être, raison d'êtres.

Forms: 1800s– raison d'être, 1900s– raison d'etre.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French raison d'être.

Etymology: < French raison d'être, literally ‘reason of being’ (1713 or earlier) < raison reason n.¹ + de de prep. + être to be (see estre n.).

A reason or purpose for the existence of a person or thing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > reason for existence

raison d'être1864

1864 J. S. Mill Let. 18 Mar. (1910) II. 3 Modes of speech which have a real raison d'être.

1867 J. Morley Burke 208 Plunder in three forms..was the very raison d'être of the power of the [East India] Company.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 Nov. 3/2 Inconsequent trimmings, that have no raison d'être, are well known to be the crime of the third-rate dressmaker.

1927 C. Connolly Let. 5 May in Romantic Friendship (1975) 301 With Desmond gone I have no raison d'être.

1959 J. Braine Vodi vii. 102 A place for which the raison d'être now was Rimelby Main [colliery].

1995 FourFourTwo Oct. 6/1 Players, managers and supporters—the people for whom football is their raison d'etre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	raison dêtre
释义	raison d'êtren. Brit. /ˌreɪzɒ̃ ˈdɛtr(ə)/, /ˌreɪz(ɒ)n ˈdɛtr(ə)/, U.S. /ˌreɪzɔn ˈdɛtrə/ Inflections: Plural raisons d'être, raison d'êtres. Forms: 1800s– raison d'être, 1900s– raison d'etre. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French raison d'être. Etymology: < French raison d'être, literally ‘reason of being’ (1713 or earlier) < raison reason n.¹ + de de prep. + être to be (see estre n.). A reason or purpose for the existence of a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > reason for existence raison d'être1864 1864 J. S. Mill Let. 18 Mar. (1910) II. 3 Modes of speech which have a real raison d'être. 1867 J. Morley Burke 208 Plunder in three forms..was the very raison d'être of the power of the [East India] Company. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 Nov. 3/2 Inconsequent trimmings, that have no raison d'être, are well known to be the crime of the third-rate dressmaker. 1927 C. Connolly Let. 5 May in Romantic Friendship (1975) 301 With Desmond gone I have no raison d'être. 1959 J. Braine Vodi vii. 102 A place for which the raison d'être now was Rimelby Main [colliery]. 1995 FourFourTwo Oct. 6/1 Players, managers and supporters—the people for whom football is their raison d'etre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1864
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