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1 mort Adjective

(a) dead

See also: adolescence, âge, décéder, enfance, jambe, jeunesse, mourir, naissance, naître, trépasser, vie, vieillesse, vieux, vivre

(b) numb limb; lifeless eyes

(c) (Finance, Commerce) dead market

(d) (Ling) dead language

2 mort Noun, feminine

How to pronounce mort

(a) death, end (literary); (Journalese) trouver la ~ to be killed; deux jours avant la ~ de ma mère two days before my mother died; une expérience de ~ imminente a near-death experience; (fig) un silence de ~ a deathly silence; menaces de ~ death threats

3 mort Noun, masculine

(a) dead man; les ~s the dead; les ~s de la guerre war victims, those killed in the war; la fête des ~s All Souls' Day

(b) dummy

Terms from the DGT glossary

French termEnglish term
Mise à mortKilling
Procédés autorisés de mise à mort des poussinsPermitted methods for the killing of chicks
arbre mortdead

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