c'est la vie

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c'est la vie

/ˌseɪ.læˈviː/ UK
/ˌsɛ.læˈviː/ UK
/ˌseɪ.lɑˈvi/ US

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Unadapted borrowing from French c'est la vie.

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An expression of acceptance of misfortune in life; that's life; such is life; so it goes Incidentally, it is common to store Prolog code in files with a .pl suffix. It’s an indication of what the file contains (namely Prolog code) and with some Prolog implementations you don’t actually have to type in the .pl suffix when you consult a file. Nice — but there is a drawback. Files containi
Similar: c'est la vie, it is as it is, it is how it is, it is what it is, life's a bitch, shit happens, so be it, so is life, so it goes, such is life, that's life, that's that and this is this

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"c'est la vie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/c'est%20la%20vie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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c'est la vie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/c'est%20la%20vie

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"c'est la vie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/c'est%20la%20vie.

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@misc{c_est_la_vie_2026,
  title = {c'est la vie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/c'est%20la%20vie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}