English Explanatory Dictionary

slice of life

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A work in a genre (of theater, cinema, literature, manga, etc.) that presents day-to-day happenings with no clear central plot and takes place in a world that mirrors our own.
  2. An ordinary social occurrence or sequence of events.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-slice of life.wav

Word forms

slice of life slices of life

Etymology

Calque of French tranche de vie.

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