Portuguese

Proper noun

Morte f

1. Death (the personification of death)

Quotations

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

Esperanto

Adverb

morte

1. deathly, mortally

French

Adjective

morte

1. feminine singular of mort

Anagrams

• métro

Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

morte f ‎(plural mortes)

1. death
2. (figuratively) end, demise

Synonyms

• (death): óbito

Related terms

• morrer
• morto

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

Synonyms

• dipartita
• trapasso

Antonyms

• immortalità
• vita

Related terms

Anagrams

• metro, metrò
• torme
• tremo, tremò

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

• (cessation of life): falecimento, óbito, passamento
• (the state of being dead): repouso (euphemism)
• (destruction): destruição, fim, ruína, término
• (personification of death): ceifador

Antonyms

• (cessation of life): nascimento, ressurreição, ressuscitação
• (state of being dead): vida
• (destruction): gênese, nascimento

Derived terms

Related terms