mort

Definitions of mort
  1. noun
    someone who is no longer alive
    synonyms: défunt
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    types:
    mort-vivant, zombi
    a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
    type of:
    homme, individu, mortel, être
    a human being
  2. noun
    the act of killing
    synonyms: décès
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    type of:
    meurtre
    the act of terminating a life
  3. noun
    the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
    synonyms: décès
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    type of:
    fin
    the point in time at which something ends
  4. noun
    the personification of death
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    example of:
    créature imaginaire, être imaginaire
    a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
  5. noun
    the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
    synonyms: décès
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    types:
    nécrose
    the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
    type of:
    phénomène organique
    (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
  6. noun
    a final state
    synonyms: fin
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    type of:
    état
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  7. noun
    the absence of life or state of being dead
    synonyms: décès
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    types:
    repos éternel
    euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
    type of:
    état
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
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