morir

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan morir, from Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

morir (first-person singular present moro, first-person singular preterite morí, past participle mort); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to die

Conjugation

Related terms

• mort

Further reading

• “morir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “morir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “morir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “morir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Verb

morir

1. to die

Conjugation

    Conjugation of morir

		simple			compound
infinitive		morir			étre môrt
gerund		morent			étent môrt
auxiliary verb		étre
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	môrt
	plural
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo (j')	tu (t')	il/elli	nos	vos	ils
	present	môro	môrs	môrt	morens	morids	môront
	imperfect	morien	morias	moriêt	morians	moriâds	moriant
	preterite	mori	moris	morit	morirons	morites, morirâds	moriront
	future	moriré	morirés	morirat	morirens	moriréds	moriront
	conditional	moriren	moririas	morirêt	moririans	moririâds	moririant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of étre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of étre + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of étre + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of étre + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of étre + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il/el	que nos	que vos	qu'ils/els
	present	môro	môres	môre	morans	moriâds	môrant
	imperfect	morissen	morissias	morisse	morissians	morissiâds	morissant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of étre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of étre + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			môrs		morens	morids

Italian

Verb

morir (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of morire

Ladin

Alternative forms

• morì

Etymology

From Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Verb

morir

1. to die

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• mourir (Mistralian spelling)

Etymology

From Old Occitan morir, from Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾi/

• Audio

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Verb

morir

1. to die

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• mort

Old French

Alternative forms

• murir

Etymology

From Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾiɾ/

Verb

morir

1. (intransitive) to die
   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:

     Kar ne se volt laissier murir

     Because he didn't want to let himself die

2. (transitive, rare, takes avoir as an auxiliary) to kill
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     Se l'avés mort il m'en poise forment.

     If you have killed him, it will bother me greatly.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem muer distinct from the unstressed stem mor, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

• mort

Descendants

• Middle French: mourir
  • French: mourir
    • Haitian Creole: mouri
    • Louisiana Creole: mouri
• Norman: mouorir (Guernsey), mouothi (Jersey)
• Picard: moérir
• Walloon: mori

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Verb

morir

1. to die

Related terms

• mort

Descendants

• Occitan: morir

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mori”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 132

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾiɾ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧rir

Verb

morir (first-person singular present muero, first-person singular preterite morí, past participle muerto)

1. to die

   Synonyms: estirar la pata, fallecer, morirse, palmar, petatearse

   La caballerosidad no ha muerto.

   Chivalry is not dead.

2. (reflexive) to die

   Antonym: vivir

Usage notes

• The reflexive form of this verb, morirse, is more colloquial, while the non-reflexive form, morir, is more formal.
• Widely used figuratively, as in English:
  • Me morí del aburrimiento ― I died of boredom
  • Me morí del susto ― I died of fright

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “morir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Verb

morir

1. (intransitive) to die

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.