coûter la vie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.te la vi/

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Verb

coûter la vie

1. (transitive with à) to cost someone their life, to take someone's life, to claim someone's life, to cause someone's death

Usage notes

• Used with inanimate subjects: accident, maladie, etc.

See also

• ôter la vie