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Raison d'être /ˌreɪzɒ̃ ˈdɛtrə/ is a French expression commonly used in English, meaning "reason for being" or "reason to be."

Raison d'être may refer to:

Music

Raison d'être (band), a Swedish dark-ambient-industrial-drone music project
Raison D'être (album), an album by Australian jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale

Songs

"Raison d'etre", a song by Asriel from the album Abyss
"raison detre", a song by Japanese rock band Dir En Grey on the album Gauze
"Raison d'etre", a song by Japanese rock band Nightmare used as opening theme of the anime Claymore
"Raison d'être", a song used as the ending theme of the Chobits anime by Japanese singer and voice actress Rie Tanaka
"Raison d'etre", a song by British rock band Buzzcocks from the album A Different Kind of Tension
"Raison d'être～交差する宿命～", a song by Tomosuke Funaki under the alias Zektbach for the arcade game beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius
"Raison d'être~レーゾンデートル~", a song by Japanese singer Eve from the album Smile

Other

Raison d'être, an American Ale brewed by Dogfish Head

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Raison d'être.
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+{{lang|fr|'''Raison d'être'''}} {{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɹ|eɪ|z|ɒ̃|_|ˈ|d|ɛ|t|ɹ|ə}} is a French expression commonly used in English, meaning "reason for being" or "reason to be."
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+''Raison d'être'' may refer to:
-*'''Raison d'être''' is a [[List_of_French_phrases|French phrase]] which roughly translates as "reason to be." When used within the English language, it means "the basic reason to exist."
+==Music==
-*'''[[Raison d'être (band)]]''' is also the name of a Swedish band.
+* [[Raison d'être (band)]], a Swedish dark-ambient-industrial-drone music project
+* [[Raison D'être (album)|''Raison D'être'' (album)]], an album by Australian jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale
+===Songs===
+* "Raison d'etre", a song by [[Asriel (band)|Asriel]] from the album ''Abyss''
+* "raison detre", a song by Japanese rock band Dir En Grey on the album ''[[Gauze (album)|Gauze]]''
+* "Raison d'etre", a song by Japanese rock band [[Nightmare (Japanese band)|Nightmare]] used as opening theme of the anime ''Claymore''
+* "Raison d'être", a song used as the ending theme of the Chobits anime by Japanese singer and voice actress [[Rie Tanaka]]
+* "Raison d'etre", a song by British rock band Buzzcocks from the album ''[[A Different Kind of Tension]]''
+* "Raison d'être～交差する宿命～", a song by [[Tomosuke Funaki]] under the alias Zektbach for the arcade game ''beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius''
+* "Raison d'être~レーゾンデートル~", a song by Japanese singer [[Eve (Japanese singer)|Eve]] from the album ''Smile''
+==Other==
-[[sv:Raison d'Être]]
+* Raison d'être, an American Ale brewed by [[Dogfish Head]]
+{{disambiguation}}