la
/mɔʁ/
Translation
death, dead
Word origin
From Latin mortem, accusative of mors ('death'). The adjective and participle senses come from mortuus ('dead').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- mors
- English cognates
- mortal, mortuary, mortify
Grammar
Examples
l' profondément .
The death of his dog deeply touched him for weeks.
, allumée.
The building was completely dead at night, not a light on.
, ' .
They risked their lives, but no one died in that accident.
- l' profondément .
His grandfather's death deeply touched him.
, .
After that long walk, I am dead tired.
Mort est polysémique : nom féminin (la mort = death), adjectif (mort/morte = dead), et participe passé de mourir. La mort est le seul nom féminin dans cette liste. Les locutions à mort (to death, intensely) et mort de rire (literally dead with laughter - very funny) illustrent les emplois expressifs.
Mort-né (stillborn, doomed from the start), mort-vivant (zombie, undead), Fête des morts (Day of the Dead) - mort compose de nombreux mots. En avoir à mort de quelque chose (to be fed up to death with something) est très familier. Faire le mort (to play dead, to lie low) est une expression idiomatique.
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