mortifero

Meaning

1. (literary) deadly, lethal, deathly, mortiferous
2. (literary, rare) foreboding death
3. (literary, rare) mortal

Concepts

deadly

lethal

lethiferous

mortal

mortiferous

Synonyms

mortale

letale

Translations

letal

mortífero

mortifère

letal

todbringend

θανατηφόρος

φονικός

mortel

létal

mactabilis

dodelijk

fataal

letaal

letal

letau

Hyphenated as

mor‧tì‧fe‧ro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/morˈti.fe.ro/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mortifer, mortiferus, derived from mors (“death”) + -fer (“-bearing, -carrying”), originally a calque of Ancient Greek θᾰνᾰτηφόρος (thănătēphóros, “deadly, lethal”, literally “death-bearing”). By surface analysis, morte + -ifero.