meurtre

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French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mœʁtʁ/
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Noun

meurtre m (plural meurtres)

  1. murder

Further reading

Middle French

Noun

meurtre m (plural meurtres)

  1. murder (deliberate killing)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French murtre, mordre (“murder”), from Frankish *murþar (“murder”) from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder, killing, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrtro- (“murder, death”), from *mer-, *mor-, *mr- (“to die”).

Pronunciation

Noun

meurtre m (plural meurtres)

  1. (Jersey) murder
    • 2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 32:
      I' s'confêssit et fut exétchuté pouor lé meurtre du Seigneu d'Hambye
      He confessed and was executed for the murder of the Lord of Hambye
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