meurtre

Signification

murder

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mœʁtʁ/

Étymologie

From Middle French meurtre (“murder”) from Old French murtre, mordre (“murder”) (compare Medieval Latin murdrum (“murder”)), both from Frankish *murþar (“murder”) from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder, killing, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrtro- (“murder, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).
Akin to Old High German mord (“murder”) (German Mord), Old High German murdren (“to kill, murder”) (German mördern (“to murder”)), Old English morþor (“death, murder”), Old English myrþrian (“to murder”). More at murder.

Phrases

Cette fois-ci, elle est la victime d'une tentative de meurtre .

This time, she is the victim of an attempted murder.