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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessituation de vie ou de mort
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sitɥa.sjɔ̃ də vi o də mɔʁ
"Ils étaient dans une situation de vie ou de mort."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A situation in which a person's survival is at stake.
"The rescue team faced a life-and-death situation when they discovered the trapped miners." - 2
A critical or urgent circumstance requiring immediate action.
"In a life-and-death situation, every second counts."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'life-and-death-situation' combines the words 'life' and 'death', both of which have Old English origins. 'Life' comes from the Old English 'līf', meaning 'existence', while 'death' derives from 'deað', meaning 'the end of life'. The phrase emphasizes the critical nature of circumstances that can lead to either survival or demise, evolving in usage to denote extreme urgency in various contexts.
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situation de vie ou de mort
Transliteration: sitɥa.sjɔ̃ də vi o də mɔʁ
"Ils étaient dans une situation de vie ou de mort."
Lebens- oder Todessituation
Transliteration: ˈleːbns ˈoːdɐ ˈtoːdəsɪtʊaˌt͡si̯oːn
"Sie waren in einer Lebens- oder Todessituation."
situazione di vita o di morte
Transliteration: situat͡sjoˈne di ˈvita o di ˈmorte
"Erano in una situazione di vita o di morte."
situación de vida o muerte
Transliteration: situˈaθjon de ˈβiða o ˈmuerte
"Estaban en una situación de vida o muerte."
situação de vida ou morte
Transliteration: situˈaɨsɐ̃w̃ dʒi ˈvida u ˈmɔʁtʃi
"Eles estavam em uma situação de vida ou morte."
जीवन और मृत्यु की स्थिति
Transliteration: jīvan aur mṛtyu kī sthiti
"वे जीवन और मृत्यु की स्थिति में थे।"
生死攸关的情况
Transliteration: shēngsǐ yōuguān de qíngkuàng
"他们处于生死攸关的情况。"
생사에 관련된 상황
Transliteration: saengsa-e gwallyeon-din sanghwang
"그들은 생사에 관련된 상황에 처해 있었다."
生死に関わる状況
Transliteration: seishi ni kakawaru jōkyō
"彼らは生死に関わる状況にあった。"
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