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pain quotidien

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɛ̃ kɔ.ti.djɛ̃/
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Noun

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pain quotidien m (uncountable)

  1. daily bread (all those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life)
  2. (figuratively) all in a day's work (something which is part of someone's everyday life, something one does, goes through or encounters every day)
    La médisance est son pain quotidien.He lives for gossip.
    Tel est notre pain quotidien.It's all part of life's rich pageant.

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