coûter la vie
French, verb/ku.te la vi/
coûter la vie is spelled C-O-Û-T-E-R-L-A-V-I-E (11 letters). Coûter la vie is a French verb meaning “to cost (someone) their life, to take (someone's) life, to claim (someone's) life, to cause (someone's) death” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Causer la mort ; faire mourir”.
What does coûter la vie mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cost (someone) their life, to take (someone's) life, to claim (someone's) life, to cause (someone's) death
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causer la mort ; faire mourir.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coûter la vie
- couter la vie
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coûter la vie?
- /ku.te la vi/
- \ku.te la vi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.