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meaning of life

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A hypothetical answer to all of life's ultimate questions; the purpose or raison d'être of human life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, philosophy, religion, sciences

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36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَعْنَى اَلْحَيَاة (maʕnā l-ḥayāh) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人生的真諦 /人生的真谛 (rénshēng de zhēndì) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生命的價值 /生命的价值 (shēngmìng de jiàzhí) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生命的真理 (shēngmìng de zhēnlǐ) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生命的意義 /生命的意义 (shēngmìng de yìyì) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Czech: smysl života — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Old Czech: smysl života — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Danish: meningen med livet — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Dutch: zin van het leven — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Faroese: meiningin við lívinum — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Finnish: elämän tarkoitus — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • French: sens de la vie — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Georgian: სიცოცხლის აზრი (sicocxlis azri) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • German: Sinn des Lebens — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Hungarian: az élet értelme — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Icelandic: tilgangur lífsins — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Italian: il senso della vita — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Japanese: 人生の意義 (jinsei-no igi) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Japanese: 人生の意味 (jinsei-no imi) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Korean: 인생의 의미 (insaeng'ui uimi) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Macedonian: смисла на животот (smisla na životot) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Norwegian: livets mening — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Norwegian: meningen med livet — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Church Slavic: съмыслъ живота (sŭmyslŭ života) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Church Slavic: ⱄⱏⰿⱏⰹⱄⰾⱏ ⰶⰻⰲⱁⱅⰰ (sŭmyslŭ života) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Polish: sens życia — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Portuguese: sentido da vida — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Russian: смысл жи́зни (smysl žízni) — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Serbo-Croatian: смисао живота — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Serbo-Croatian: smisao života — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Slovak: zmysel života — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Spanish: sentido de la vida — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Swedish: livets mening — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Swedish: meningen med livet — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Turkish: hayatın anlamı — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions
  • Turkish: yaşamın anlamı — hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions