pain quotidien

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̃ kɔ.ti.djɛ̃/

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Noun

pain quotidien m (uncountable)

1. daily bread (all those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life)
2. (figuratively) 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.

See also

• gagne-pain