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It's _raison_, but "raisin d'être" would make an excellent name for a haute cuisine dessert.

• BLKNSLVR 4mo ago
  Thanks, damn. I usually look up that phrase so I can copy and paste it with the proper accents (and, uh, spelling).
  • holistio 4mo ago
    To quote a classic: "Knowledge is power, France is bacon." (look it up if you're unfamiliar, it's something that makes me giggle every time I think of it)
    • psd1 4mo ago
      Time flies like an arrow Fruit flies like a banana
• delis-thumbs-7e 4mo ago
  Well you could just say ”purpose” rather than ”reason of existence” in French. Some expression of course only exist in French - about 70% of English language - but the purpose of this francoism I never quite understood. And yes, I’m fully aware I am annoying.
  • BLKNSLVR 4mo ago
    Purpose doesn't have the gravitas of raison d'être: the very reason for its existence; the thing without which it would have no reason to exist. I can't be too annoyed, for I can also be annoying and appreciate some level of pedantry. Words mean things!
• jjgreen 4mo ago
  ... or a minor work by Sartre