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Asturian
Noun
morte m (plural mortes)
- (used until late 19th Century) Obsolete form of muerte.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adverb
morte
- deathly, mortally
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
morte
- feminine singular of mort
Participle
morte f sg
- feminine singular of mort
Further reading
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese morte, from Latin mortem, from Proto-Indo-European *mértis (“death”).
Pronunciation
Noun
morte f (plural mortes)
- death
- Synonym: óbito
- (figuratively) end, demise
Derived terms
References
- “morte”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “morte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “morte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “morte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morte”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Interlingua
Noun
morte (plural mortes)
- (uncountable) death (state of being dead)
- (countable) death (dead person or other organism)
Adjective
morte (not comparable)
- dead
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mortem, from Proto-Indo-European *mér-tis (“death”), from *mer- (“to die”).
Pronunciation
Noun
morte f (plural morti)
- death
- Synonyms: dipartita, trapasso
- Antonyms: immortalità, vita
Adjective
morte
- feminine plural of morto
Further reading
- morte in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- morte in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
morte f
- ablative singular of mors (“death”)
References
- morte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be cut off by sudden death: subita morte exstingui
- to die a natural death: necessaria (opp. voluntaria) morte mori
- to punish any one with death: morte multare aliquem (Catil. 1. 11. 28)
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin mortem.
Noun
morte f (plural muorte)
- death
Etymology 2
Adjective
morte f pl
- feminine plural of muorto
Norman
Adjective
morte
- feminine singular of mort
Old Leonese
Noun
morte
- death
1247, Fuero de Campumanes:tan bien en uida commo en morte,- as well in life as in death
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese morte, from Latin mortem (“death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mér-tis (“death”), from *mer- (“to die”).
Pronunciation
Noun
morte f (plural mortes)
- death (cessation of life)
- Synonyms: falecimento, óbito, passamento
- Antonyms: nascimento, ressurreição, ressuscitação
2015, Maria do Socorro Silva de Aragão, Anais do II Congresso Nacional de Literatura, →ISBN, page 379:Goethe veio a público se defender, pois, aparentemente, uma centena de jovens cometera suicídio após a publicação de seu livro Os sofrimentos do jovem Werther, em 1774. Alguns estavam vestidos ao estilo da personagem principal do livro, ou adotaram o mesmo método de suicídio, ou o livro foi encontrado no local da morte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (uncountable) the state of being dead
- Synonym: (euphemism) repouso
- Antonym: vida
- (figurative) destruction; ruin
- Synonyms: destruição, fim, ruína, término
- Antonyms: gênese, nascimento
- death (personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe)
- Synonym: ceifador
Derived terms
Further reading
- “morte” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin mors, mortem. Compare Italian morte.
Noun
morte f (plural mortes)
- death