mort

Meaning

Verb

past participle of mourir

Adj

dead

Noun

dead person

Noun

death

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɔʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French mort, from Vulgar Latin *mortu, from Latin mortuus.

Sentences

La cause de cette mort est obscure .

The cause of this death is obscure.

Mais ils étaient bloqués , le moindre pas en avant et c'était la mort .

But they were blocked, the slightest step forward and it was death.

Son fils Alan Durward en hérite à sa mort , quelques années plus tard .

His son Alan Durward inherited it when he died a few years later.

La mort est là , reprit le missionnaire , je le sais !

Death is here, resumed the missionary, I know it!

Il trouve finalement la mort lors d'une prétendue tentative de fuite .

He finally finds his death during an alleged attempt to escape.

À sa mort , il détenait la plus grande fortune de Suisse et d'Europe.

At his death, he held the largest fortune in Switzerland and Europe.

Leur collaboration dure dix-neuf ans et ne s'interrompt qu'à la mort du cinéaste .

Their collaboration lasted nineteen years and was interrupted only after the death of the filmmaker.

Vivant dans un certain dénuement , Schönberg continue d'enseigner jusqu'à sa mort .

Living in a state of destitution, Schönberg continued to teach until his death.