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mortal

/ˈmɔːtəl/MAWR-tuhl
/ˈmɔɹtəl/MAWR-tuhl

Meaningdeathly

Common meaning: bound to die

Other meanings: a human being

Journey through time

  1. Latinmors, mortis‘death’
  2. Old Frenchmortalsource
  3. Middle Englishmortalsource
  4. Englishmortal‘bound to die’ · today

mort also in: mortifymortgagemortuaryimmortal

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin mors ‘death’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mors, p. 1166 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry MORTGAGE, p. 378 · dictionary scan

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Related words

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