mort

See also: Mort, mórt, mòrt, môrt, and mört

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /mɔːt/
Audio (southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /mɔɹt/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mort (“death”).

Noun

mort (countable and uncountable, plural morts)

Death; especially, the death of game in hunting.
- 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter I, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):
  If you did the wrong thing at the mort or the undoing, for instance, you were bent over the body of the dead beast and smacked with the flat side of a sword.
A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer.
- 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 270129598:
  The sportsman then sounded a treble mort.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.
(card games) A variety of dummy whist for three players.
(card games) The exposed or dummy hand of cards in the game of mort.

Derived terms

mort cloth
mort stone

Etymology 2

Compare Icelandic margt, neuter of margr (“many”).

Noun

mort

A great quantity or number.
- 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 63, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, OCLC 558196156:
  a mort of water
- 1937 (written, first published in 1949), J. R. R. Tolkien, Farmer Giles of Ham
  As it was, he still had a mort of treasure at home in his cave.

Etymology 3

Clipping of mortal.

Noun

mort (plural morts)

(Internet, informal) A player in a multi-user dungeon who does not have special administrator privileges and whose character can be killed.

Antonyms

immort

Etymology 4

Uncertain.

Noun

mort (plural morts)

A three-year-old salmon.

Etymology 5

UK circa 1560–1890.[en 1] Unknown. Documented possibilities include:

From mort (“A three-year-old salmon”), by equation of women with fish.[en 2]
From Welsh modryb (“aunt”)[en 2]
From Welsh morwyn (“maid, virgin”)[en 2]
From French amourette (“a crush”)[en 1]
From, or cognate with, Dutch mot (“pig, lewd woman”), from Middle Low German mutte.[en 1]
From French motte (“mound, esp. mons veneris”)[en 3]
From Romani mintš (“female genitals”). Cognate with English minge.[en 3]

Alternative forms

mot, mott

Noun

mort (plural morts)

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A woman; a female.
- 1621, Ben Jonson, The Gypsies Metamorphosed:
  Male gypsies all, not a mort among them.
- 1611, Thomas Middleton, The Roaring Girl, Edward Lumley 1840, p. 538:
  I have, by the salomon, a doxy that carries a kinchin mort in her slate at her back, besides my dell and my dainty wild dell, with all whom I'll tumble this next darkmans in the strommel […]

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:woman

Derived terms

Terms derived from mort

autem mort
ben mort
dimber mort
gentry mort
kinchin mort
queer mort
mort dell
mort wap-apace
nazie mort
rum mort
strolling mort
walking mort
wapping mort

References

Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. Routledge, 1973. →ISBN.
Green, Jonathon (2012) Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime, Random House, →ISBN, page 176
Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “mort”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume II (L–Z), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771.

Anagrams

mTOR

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin mors, mortem.

Noun

mort m

death

Aromanian

Alternative forms

mortu

Etymology

From Latin mortuus. Compare Romanian mort.

Adjective

mort (feminine morte, masculine plural morts, feminine plural morti)

dead

Derived terms

murtami
nimort

Bourguignon

Etymology 1

From Latin mortus.

Adjective

mort (feminine mote, masculine plural morts, feminine plural motes)

dead

Etymology 2

From Latin mors.

Noun

mort f (plural morts)

death

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾt/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrt/
Rhymes: -ɔɾt

Etymology 1

From Old Catalan mort, from Latin mors, mortem.

Noun

mort f (uncountable)

death

mort m (plural morts)

dead person
(colloquial) a difficult problem one must face
(nautical) mooring block

Etymology 2

From Old Catalan mort, from Latin mortuus.

Adjective

mort (feminine morta, masculine plural morts, feminine plural mortes)

dead

Verb

mort

past participle of morir
45.000 persones han mort
45000 people have died

Related terms

morir

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrt

Verb

mort

second- and third-person singular present indicative of morren
(archaic) plural imperative of morren

Anagrams

trom

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔʁ/
Audio (la mort) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔʁ
Homophones: mord, mords, more, mores, mors, morts (general), maure, maures (one pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Middle French, from Old French mort, from Vulgar Latin *mortu, from Latin mortuus.

Participle

mort (feminine morte, masculine plural morts, feminine plural mortes)

past participle of mourir

Adjective

mort (feminine morte, masculine plural morts, feminine plural mortes)

dead
Le roi est mort.
The king is dead.

Synonyms

défunt

Derived terms

angle mort
bras mort
comme un rat mort
être un homme mort
laisser pour mort
langue morte
lien mort
marée de morte eau
mémoire morte
mer Morte
mort de faim
mort de rire
morte la bête, mort le venin
mort et enterré
mort ou vif
nature morte
peser un âne mort
poids mort
point mort
raide mort
rester lettre morte
temps mort
ville mort

Noun

mort m (plural morts, feminine morte)

dead person
Synonym: défunt

Derived terms

à réveiller un mort
faire le mort
fleur des morts
tête de mort

Etymology 2

From Middle French mort, from Old French mort, from Latin mors.

Noun

mort f (plural morts)

death

Derived terms

à l'article de la mort
à mort
arrêt de mort
aux portes de la mort
camp de la mort
combat à mort
de la mort qui tue
expérience de mort imminente
femme au volant, mort au tournant
il n'y a pas mort d'homme
La Mort aux Juifs
la mort dans l'âme
lit de mort
marche de la mort
mettre à mort
mise à mort
mort aux rats
mort cérébrale
mort clinique
mort subite
mourir de sa belle mort
peine de mort
petite mort
pulsion de mort
rifler la mort
se donner la mort
signer son arrêt de mort
trompette de la mort
trouver la mort
vipère de la mort

Related terms

mourir
morte
mourant

Descendants

→ English: mort

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin mors, mortem.

Noun

mort f (plural mortes)

death

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French mort, from Latin mors, mortem.

Noun

mort m or f (plural mors)

death

Descendants

French: mort
- → English: mort
Norman: mort (Jersey)

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French mort, from Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus.

Adjective

mort m

(Jersey) dead
Lé rouai est mort, lé rouai vit!
The king is dead, long live the king!

Synonyms

souôs la bliête (“six feet under”)
souôs les mèrgots (“dead and buried”)

Derived terms

La Mé Morte (“The Dead Sea”)
morte-ieau (“neap-tide”)
mort-né (“stillborn”)

Etymology 2

From Old French mort, from Latin mors, mortem.

Noun

mort f (plural morts)

(Jersey) death

Synonyms

décès

Derived terms

au pas d'la mort, au nom d'mort (“at death's door”)
liet d'mort (“deathbed”)

Related terms

mortalité (“mortality”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse murtr, murti.

Noun

mort m (definite singular morten, indefinite plural morter, definite plural mortene)

the common roach, Rutilus rutilus

References

“mort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse murtr, murti.

Noun

mort m (definite singular morten, indefinite plural mortar, definite plural mortane)

the common roach, Rutilus rutilus

References

“mort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

mòrt

Etymology

From Old Occitan mort, from Latin mors, mortem.

Pronunciation

Audio (Gascon) (file)

Noun

mort f (plural morts)

death

Related terms

morir

Old French

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔrt/
Rhymes: -ɔrt

Verb

mort

past participle of morir

Adjective

mort m (oblique and nominative feminine singular morte)

dead
- circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
  Or veit Rollant que mort est sun ami
  Now Roland can see that his friend is dead

Declension

Declension of mort

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	morz	morte	mort
Singular	Oblique	mort	morte		morte	mort
Plural	Subject	mort	mortes		mort
Plural	Oblique	morz	mortes		mortes	mort

Descendants

Middle French: mort
- French: mort
- Norman: mort

Etymology 2

From Latin mors, mortem. First attested in Old French in 881 in the Sequence of Saint Eulalia.

Noun

mort f (oblique plural morz or mortz, nominative singular mort, nominative plural morz or mortz)

death
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 104 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 1027:
  car sun chant signefie mort
  for his song signifies death

Related terms

morir

Descendants

Middle French: mort
- French: mort
  - → English: mort
- Norman: mort (Jersey)
Picard: mort

Picard

Etymology

From Latin mors.

Noun

mort f (plural morts)

death

Related terms

moérir

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mort]

Adjective

mort m or n (feminine singular moartă, masculine plural morți, feminine and neuter plural moarte)

dead
oamenii morți ― the dead people

Declension

Declension of mort

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	mort		moartă	morți	moarte
nominative/ accusative	definite	mortul		moarta	morții	moartele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	mort		moarte	morți	moarte
genitive/ dative	definite	mortului		moartei	morților	moartelor

Antonyms

viu

Noun

mort m (plural morți, feminine equivalent moartă)

dead body, corpse

Declension

Declension of mort

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mort	mortul	(niște) morți	morții
genitive/dative	(unui) mort	mortului	(unor) morți	morților
vocative	mortule		morților

Related terms

muri
moarte
mortăciune
amorți

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Sursilvan) miert

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus.

Adjective

mort m (feminine singular morta, masculine plural morts, feminine plural mortas)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) dead

Related terms

murir

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mort m (genitive singular moirt, plural moirt)

Alternative form of murt

Verb

mort (past mhort, future mortaidh, verbal noun mort or mortadh, past participle morte)

Alternative form of murt

References

Edward Dwelly (1911), “mort”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Mörtel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /môrt/
Hyphenation: mort

Noun

mȍrt m (Cyrillic spelling мо̏рт)

(regional) mortar (masonry)

Declension

Declension of mort

	singular	plural
nominative	mort	mortovi
genitive	morta	mortova
dative	mortu	mortovima
accusative	mort	mortove
vocative	morte	mortovi
locative	mortu	mortovima
instrumental	mortom	mortovima

References

“mort” in Hrvatski jezični portal

[routledge-1] Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. Routledge, 1973. →ISBN.

[green-2] Green, Jonathon (2012) Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime, Random House, →ISBN, page 176

[barrere-3] Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “mort”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume II (L–Z), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771.

mort

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Antonyms

Etymology 4

Noun

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Noun

See also

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Adjective

Derived terms

Bourguignon

Etymology 1

Adjective

Etymology 2

Noun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Adjective

Verb

Related terms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Participle

Adjective

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Further reading

Ladin

Etymology

Noun

Middle French

Etymology

Noun

Descendants

Norman

Etymology 1

Adjective

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål