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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesà tout prix
Pronunciation / Transliteration: a tu pʁi
"Nous devons réussir à tout prix."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Regardless of the expense, difficulty, sacrifice, or consequences involved.
"We must protect our fundamental rights at all costs."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The phrase combines the preposition 'at', the determiner 'all', and the plural noun 'costs', originating from Middle English commercial and legal contexts denoting the total expenditure or sacrifice required to secure an outcome. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from literal financial expense to a metaphorical imperative signifying any degree of effort, risk, or sacrifice necessary to achieve a goal.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "At all costs" is said worldwide
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à tout prix
Transliteration: a tu pʁi
"Nous devons réussir à tout prix."
um jeden Preis
Transliteration: ʊm ˈjeːdn̩ pʁaɪ̯s
"Wir müssen diesen Fehler um jeden Preis vermeiden."
a tutti i costi
Transliteration: a ˈtut.ti i ˈkɔs.ti
"Voleva vincere la gara a tutti i costi."
a toda costa
Transliteration: a ˈto.ða ˈkos.ta
"Debemos defender la verdad a toda costa."
a todo o custo
Transliteration: a ˈto.du u ˈkuʃ.tu
"Ele tentou evitar o conflito a todo o custo."
हर कीमत पर
Transliteration: har keemat par
"हमें अपने देश की रक्षा हर कीमत पर करनी चाहिए।"
不惜一切代价
Transliteration: bù xī yī qiè dài jià
"我们必须不惜一切代价完成这个任务。"
기꺼이 모든 비용을 치르고서라도
Transliteration: gik-gwoi mo-deun bi-yong-eul chi-reu-go-seo-ra-do
"우리는 기꺼이 모든 비용을 치르고서라도 목표를 달성해야 한다."
何が何でも
Transliteration: nani ga nan demo
"彼は何が何でもその試合に勝つつもりだ。"
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