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masculine

/de.sɛ/

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Translation

death, passing

Word origin

From Latin decessus ('departure, withdrawal'), from decedere ('to go away'). French kept the polite, administrative sense that English gets from 'decease'.

Origin: Latin
Root: decessus
English cognates: decease, deceased

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluraldécès

Examples

The family announced the old doctor's death.

- .

A death must be registered within twenty-four hours.

l'.

Deaths rose over the winter.

surpris .

His death took everybody by surprise.

, .

After her husband's death, she went to live in the countryside.

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This word is part of lesson 47.