"moribund" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɔːɹɪbʌnd/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-moribund.ogg [US]
Etymology: From French moribond, from Latin moribundus (“dying”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mer-|*bʰuH-|id1=die}}, {{der|en|fr|moribond}} French moribond, {{der|en|la|moribundus||dying}} Latin moribundus (“dying”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} moribund (not comparable)
  1. Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Death Translations (approaching death): умиращ (umirašt) (Bulgarian), moribund (Catalan), 垂死 (chuísǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 腐朽 (fǔxiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 瀕死 (Chinese Mandarin), 濒死 (bīnsǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), moribundní (Czech), kuoleva (Finnish), moribond (French), mourant (French), moribundo (Galician), moribund (German), todgeweiht (German), ετοιμοθάνατος (etoimothánatos) (Greek), haldokló (Hungarian), halódó (Hungarian), dauðvona (Icelandic), (to be moribund) liggja fyrir dauðanum (Icelandic), að dauða kominn (Icelandic), díbheo (Irish), moribondo (Italian), morente (Italian), 瀕死の (hinshi-no) (alt: ひんしの) (Japanese), 死にかけている (shi-ni kakete iru) (Japanese), moribundus (Latin), nazak (Malay), neuvioal (Manx), neuvioyr (Manx), raad y vaaish (Manx), gyn leihill (Manx), lhiastagh (Manx), lieh-vio (Manx), døende (Norwegian), umierający (Polish), konający (Polish), moribundo (Portuguese), morrediço (Portuguese), morrente (Portuguese), умира́ющий (umirájuščij) (Russian), агони́рующий (agonírujuščij) (Russian), загнива́ющий (zagnivájuščij) (Russian), मारुक (māruka) (Sanskrit), moribundan (Serbo-Croatian), umirući (Serbo-Croatian), samrtnički (Serbo-Croatian), agonalni (Serbo-Croatian), moribundo (Spanish), mortecino (Spanish), döende (Swedish), ร่อแร่ (rɔ̂ɔ-rɛ̂ɛ) (Thai), can çekişen (Turkish), вмираючий (vmyrajučyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-moribund-en-adj-A96Jp~sW Disambiguation of Death: 49 17 34 Disambiguation of 'approaching death': 95 5
  2. (figurative) Almost obsolete; nearing an end. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable Translations (almost obsolete): poistuva (Finnish), loppuva (Finnish), katoava (Finnish), kihalófélben lévő (Hungarian), kihalóban lévő (Hungarian), устарева́ющий (ustarevájuščij) (Russian), выходя́щий из употребле́ния (vyxodjáščij iz upotreblénija) (Russian), utdöende (Swedish), відсталий (vidstalyj) (Ukrainian), той, що виходить з вжитку (toj, ščo vyxodytʹ z vžytku) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-moribund-en-adj-IdCPICWR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 54 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 54 24 Disambiguation of 'almost obsolete': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: moribundity, moribundly, moribundness Related terms: amortal, mortal, mortality, mortify, mortuary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔːɹɪbʌnd/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-moribund.ogg [US] Forms: moribunds [plural]
Etymology: From French moribond, from Latin moribundus (“dying”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mer-|*bʰuH-|id1=die}}, {{der|en|fr|moribond}} French moribond, {{der|en|la|moribundus||dying}} Latin moribundus (“dying”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} moribund (plural moribunds)
  1. A person who is near to dying. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-moribund-en-noun-1LMPublO Disambiguation of People: 32 1 68

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Latin",
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          "lang": "Malay",
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "approaching death",
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          "sense": "approaching death",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "approaching death",
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          "word": "загнива́ющий"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "māruka",
          "sense": "approaching death",
          "word": "मारुक"
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          "word": "agonalni"
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          "sense": "approaching death",
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          "sense": "approaching death",
          "word": "mortecino"
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          "sense": "approaching death",
          "word": "döende"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rɔ̂ɔ-rɛ̂ɛ",
          "sense": "approaching death",
          "word": "ร่อแร่"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "approaching death",
          "word": "can çekişen"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "word": "poistuva"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "umirašt",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "умиращ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "approaching death",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuísǐ",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "垂死"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǔxiǔ",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "腐朽"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "瀕死"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīnsǐ",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "濒死"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "moribundní"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "kuoleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "moribond"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "mourant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "moribundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "moribund"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "todgeweiht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "etoimothánatos",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "ετοιμοθάνατος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "haldokló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "halódó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "dauðvona"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "(to be moribund) liggja fyrir dauðanum"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "að dauða kominn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "díbheo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "moribondo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "morente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひんしの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hinshi-no",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "瀕死の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shi-ni kakete iru",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "死にかけている"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "moribundus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "nazak"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "neuvioal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "neuvioyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "raad y vaaish"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "gyn leihill"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "lhiastagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "lieh-vio"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "døende"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "umierający"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "konający"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "moribundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "morrediço"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "morrente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umirájuščij",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "умира́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "agonírujuščij",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "агони́рующий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagnivájuščij",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "загнива́ющий"
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    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "māruka",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "मारुक"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "moribundan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "umirući"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "samrtnički"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "agonalni"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "moribundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "mortecino"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "döende"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rɔ̂ɔ-rɛ̂ɛ",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "ร่อแร่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "can çekişen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vmyrajučyj",
      "sense": "approaching death",
      "word": "вмираючий"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "almost obsolete",
      "word": "poistuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "almost obsolete",
      "word": "loppuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "almost obsolete",
      "word": "katoava"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "almost obsolete",
      "word": "kihalófélben lévő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "almost obsolete",
      "word": "kihalóban lévő"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustarevájuščij",
      "sense": "almost obsolete",
      "word": "устарева́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyxodjáščij iz upotreblénija",
      "sense": "almost obsolete",
      "word": "выходя́щий из употребле́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "almost obsolete",
      "word": "utdöende"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstalyj",
      "sense": "almost obsolete",
      "word": "відсталий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "toj, ščo vyxodytʹ z vžytku",
      "sense": "almost obsolete",
      "word": "той, що виходить з вжитку"
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}

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