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Morte

Morte

See also: morte

Portuguese

Proper noun

Morte f

  1. Death (the personification of death)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Morte.

morte

morte

See also: Morte

Esperanto

Adverb

morte

  1. deathly, mortally

French

Adjective

morte

  1. feminine singular of mort

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese morte, from Latin mortem, accusative form of mors.

Noun

morte f (plural mortes)

  1. death
  2. (figuratively) end, demise

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin mortem, accusative form of mors, from Proto-Indo-European *mér-tis (death), from *mer- (to die).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔrte

Noun

morte f (plural morti)

  1. death

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Latin

Noun

morte

  1. ablative singular of mors

References

  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “morte”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

Etymology

From Latin mors, mortem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔrtɐ/

Noun

morte f (please add the plural)

  1. death

Norman

Adjective

morte

  1. feminine singular of mort

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese morte, from Latin mortem, singular accusative of mors (death), from Proto-Indo-European *mér-tis (death), from *mer- (to die).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɾ.tɨ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɾ.t͡ʃi/, /ˈmɔχ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Carioca) IPA(key): /ˈmɔχ.t͡ʃi/
    • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɻ.te/
    • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɔh.ti/, /ˈmɔh.ti̥/

Noun

morte f (plural mortes)

  1. death (cessation of life)
  2. (uncountable) the state of being dead
  3. (figuratively) destruction; ruin
  4. death (personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:morte.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • morte clínica
  • morte matada
  • morte morrida

Related terms

  • morto
  • mortualha
  • mortuário