ciel

Haitian Creole: syèl

Inherited from Old French ciel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.

On croyait au ciel.


mort

→ English: mort

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


deuil

fr-noun

deuil m (countable and uncountable, plural deuils)

Alteration of Old French duel, plural dueus (possibly influenced by analogy to œil and its plural), which probably came from Late Latin dolus, a derivative of Latin dolor (“pain”), or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *dolium, from cordolium.


fratricide

Learned borrowing from Latin frātricīda.


catafalque

→ English: catafalque (see there for further descendants)

→ German: Katafalk

Borrowed from Italian catafalco, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”), which is from Etruscan. Doublet of échafaud.

der

J’avais vu la Place Rouge, quelques jours auparavant, lors des funérailles de Gorki. J’avais vu ce même peuple [...] défiler longuement, interminablement, dans la grande Salle des Colonnes, devant le catafalque.

1936, André Gide, Retour de l'U.R.S.S., Gallimard, →ISBN:

I had seen Red Square, several days before, during Gorky's funeral. I had seen this same people […] file for a long time, interminably, past the catafalque in the great Hall of Columns.

À l’église, Octave s’absorbe dans la contemplation du haut catafalque sur lequel reposent, comme la dépouille mince et dorée d’un grand insecte, l’uniforme et les ordres du défunt.

1974, Marguerite Yourcenar, Souvenirs pieux, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 207:


sororicide

Learned borrowing from Latin sorōricīda.


malemort

mourir de malemort

Après ce que dix ou douze eurent la dame efforcée et violée, ils les en voulurent faire manger par force, et puis les tuèrent et firent mourir de malemort.

(literary, archaic) a cruel or horrible death


faire le grand saut

/fɛʁ lə ɡʁɑ̃ so/

(euphemistic, idiomatic) to snuff it, to kick the bucket (to die)


pulsion de mort

fr-noun

pulsion de mort f (plural pulsions de mort)


clamecer

clamecer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
clameçant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
clamecé (participle past)
clamece (first-person indicative present singular)
clameces (indicative present second-person singular)
clamece (indicative present singular third-person)
clameçons (first-person indicative plural present)
clamecez (indicative plural present second-person)
clamecent (indicative plural present third-person)
clameçais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
clameçais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
clameçait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
clamecions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
clameciez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
clameçaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
clameçai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
clameças (historic indicative past second-person singular)
clameça (historic indicative past singular third-person)
clameçâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
clameçâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
clamecèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
clamecerai (first-person future indicative singular)
clameceras (future indicative second-person singular)
clamecera (future indicative singular third-person)
clamecerons (first-person future indicative plural)
clamecerez (future indicative plural second-person)
clameceront (future indicative plural third-person)
clamecerais (conditional first-person singular)
clamecerais (conditional second-person singular)
clamecerait (conditional singular third-person)
clamecerions (conditional first-person plural)
clameceriez (conditional plural second-person)
clameceraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
clamece (first-person present singular subjunctive)
clameces (present second-person singular subjunctive)
clamece (present singular subjunctive third-person)
clamecions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
clameciez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
clamecent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
clameçasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
clameçasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
clameçât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
clameçassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
clameçassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
clameçassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
clamece (imperative second-person singular)
clameçons (first-person imperative plural)
clamecez (imperative plural second-person)
clamser (alternative)


enfer

Inherited from Old French enfer, from Latin īnfernus.

croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer

Comme un ange en enfer, j'oublie mon nom.


paradis

→ Niuean: paratiso

→ Russian: паради́з (paradíz)

→ Tokelauan: palatiho

Inherited from Middle French paradis, from Old French paradis, borrowed from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of parvis.


mort ou vif

fr-adj

mort ou vif (feminine morte ou vive, masculine plural morts ou vifs, feminine plural mortes ou vives)

morte ou vive (feminine)
morts ou vifs (masculine plural)
mortes ou vives (feminine plural)


crever

crever (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
crevant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
crevé (participle past)
crève (first-person indicative present singular)
crèves (indicative present second-person singular)
crève (indicative present singular third-person)
crevons (first-person indicative plural present)
crevez (indicative plural present second-person)
crèvent (indicative plural present third-person)
crevais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
crevais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
crevait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
crevions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
creviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
crevaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
crevai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
crevas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
creva (historic indicative past singular third-person)
crevâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
crevâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
crevèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
crèverai (first-person future indicative singular)
crèverai (first-person future indicative singular)
crèveras (future indicative second-person singular)
crèveras (future indicative second-person singular)
crèvera (future indicative singular third-person)
crèvera (future indicative singular third-person)
crèverons (first-person future indicative plural)
crèverons (first-person future indicative plural)
crèverez (future indicative plural second-person)
crèverez (future indicative plural second-person)
crèveront (future indicative plural third-person)
crèveront (future indicative plural third-person)
crèverais (conditional first-person singular)
crèverais (conditional first-person singular)
crèverais (conditional second-person singular)
crèverais (conditional second-person singular)
crèverait (conditional singular third-person)
crèverait (conditional singular third-person)
crèverions (conditional first-person plural)
crèverions (conditional first-person plural)
crèveriez (conditional plural second-person)
crèveriez (conditional plural second-person)
crèveraient (conditional plural third-person)
crèveraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
crève (first-person present singular subjunctive)
crèves (present second-person singular subjunctive)
crève (present singular subjunctive third-person)
crevions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
creviez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
crèvent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
crevasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
crevasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
crevât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
crevassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
crevassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
crevassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
crève (imperative second-person singular)
crevons (first-person imperative plural)
crevez (imperative plural second-person)

From Old French crever, inherited from Latin crepāre (“to rattle, creak, crack”).
The informal sense of 'die' is shared with the Italian cognate crepare and Romanian crăpa.

inh

crever de faim

crever de soif

crever de froid

crever de chaud

(informal, intransitive) to snuff it, pop one's clogs (to die)


décéder

décéder (infinitive)
être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
décédant (gerund participle present)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
décédé (participle past)
décède (first-person indicative present singular)
décèdes (indicative present second-person singular)
décède (indicative present singular third-person)
décédons (first-person indicative plural present)
décédez (indicative plural present second-person)
décèdent (indicative plural present third-person)
décédais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
décédais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
décédait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
décédions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
décédiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
décédaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
décédai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
décédas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
décéda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
décédâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
décédâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
décédèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
décèderai (first-person future indicative singular)
décéderai (first-person future indicative singular)
décèderas (future indicative second-person singular)
décéderas (future indicative second-person singular)
décèdera (future indicative singular third-person)
décédera (future indicative singular third-person)
décèderons (first-person future indicative plural)
décéderons (first-person future indicative plural)
décèderez (future indicative plural second-person)
décéderez (future indicative plural second-person)
décèderont (future indicative plural third-person)
décéderont (future indicative plural third-person)
décèderais (conditional first-person singular)
décéderais (conditional first-person singular)
décèderais (conditional second-person singular)
décéderais (conditional second-person singular)
décèderait (conditional singular third-person)
décéderait (conditional singular third-person)
décèderions (conditional first-person plural)
décéderions (conditional first-person plural)
décèderiez (conditional plural second-person)
décéderiez (conditional plural second-person)
décèderaient (conditional plural third-person)
décéderaient (conditional plural third-person)
past historic of être + past participle (anterior indicative multiword-construction past)
future of être + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of être + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
décède (first-person present singular subjunctive)
décèdes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
décède (present singular subjunctive third-person)
décédions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
décédiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
décèdent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
décédasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
décédasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
décédât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
décédassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
décédassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
décédassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
décède (imperative second-person singular)
décédons (first-person imperative plural)
décédez (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Latin dēcēdō (infinitive dēcēdere).


nécromancie

Composed by nécro- + -mancie, from Latin necromantia, from νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía).

necromancy (divination involving the dead)


autopsier

autopsier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
autopsiant (gerund participle present)
autopsiant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
autopsié (participle past)
autopsié (participle past)
autopsie (first-person indicative present singular)
autopsie (first-person indicative present singular)
autopsies (indicative present second-person singular)
autopsies (indicative present second-person singular)
autopsie (indicative present singular third-person)
autopsie (indicative present singular third-person)
autopsions (first-person indicative plural present)
autopsions (first-person indicative plural present)
autopsiez (indicative plural present second-person)
autopsiez (indicative plural present second-person)
autopsient (indicative plural present third-person)
autopsient (indicative plural present third-person)
autopsiais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
autopsiais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
autopsiais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
autopsiais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
autopsiait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
autopsiait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
autopsiions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
autopsiions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
autopsiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
autopsiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
autopsiaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
autopsiaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
autopsiai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
autopsiai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
autopsias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
autopsias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
autopsia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
autopsia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
autopsiâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
autopsiâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
autopsiâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
autopsiâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
autopsièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
autopsièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
autopsierai (first-person future indicative singular)
autopsierai (first-person future indicative singular)
autopsieras (future indicative second-person singular)
autopsieras (future indicative second-person singular)
autopsiera (future indicative singular third-person)
autopsiera (future indicative singular third-person)
autopsierons (first-person future indicative plural)
autopsierons (first-person future indicative plural)
autopsierez (future indicative plural second-person)
autopsierez (future indicative plural second-person)
autopsieront (future indicative plural third-person)
autopsieront (future indicative plural third-person)
autopsierais (conditional first-person singular)
autopsierais (conditional first-person singular)
autopsierais (conditional second-person singular)
autopsierais (conditional second-person singular)
autopsierait (conditional singular third-person)
autopsierait (conditional singular third-person)
autopsierions (conditional first-person plural)
autopsierions (conditional first-person plural)
autopsieriez (conditional plural second-person)
autopsieriez (conditional plural second-person)
autopsieraient (conditional plural third-person)
autopsieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
autopsie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
autopsie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
autopsies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
autopsies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
autopsie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
autopsie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
autopsiions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
autopsiions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
autopsiiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
autopsiiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
autopsient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
autopsient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
autopsiasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
autopsiasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
autopsiasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
autopsiasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
autopsiât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
autopsiât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
autopsiassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
autopsiassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
autopsiassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
autopsiassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
autopsiassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
autopsiassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
autopsie (imperative second-person singular)
autopsie (imperative second-person singular)
autopsions (first-person imperative plural)
autopsions (first-person imperative plural)
autopsiez (imperative plural second-person)
autopsiez (imperative plural second-person)


entretuer

s'entretuer (infinitive)
s'être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
s'entretuant (gerund participle present)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
entretué (participle past)
m'entretue (first-person indicative present singular)
t'entretues (indicative present second-person singular)
s'entretue (indicative present singular third-person)
nous entretuons (first-person indicative plural present)
vous entretuez (indicative plural present second-person)
s'entretuent (indicative plural present third-person)
m'entretuais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
t'entretuais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
s'entretuait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nous entretuions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vous entretuiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
s'entretuaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
m'entretuai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
t'entretuas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
s'entretua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
nous entretuâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
vous entretuâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
s'entretuèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
m'entretuerai (first-person future indicative singular)
t'entretueras (future indicative second-person singular)
s'entretuera (future indicative singular third-person)
nous entretuerons (first-person future indicative plural)
vous entretuerez (future indicative plural second-person)
s'entretueront (future indicative plural third-person)
m'entretuerais (conditional first-person singular)
t'entretuerais (conditional second-person singular)
s'entretuerait (conditional singular third-person)
nous entretuerions (conditional first-person plural)
vous entretueriez (conditional plural second-person)
s'entretueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of s'être + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of s'être + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
m'entretue (first-person present singular subjunctive)
t'entretues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
s'entretue (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nous entretuions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vous entretuiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
s'entretuent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
m'entretuasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
t'entretuasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
s'entretuât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nous entretuassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vous entretuassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
s'entretuassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
entretue-toi (imperative second-person singular)
entretuons-nous (first-person imperative plural)
entretuez-vous (imperative plural second-person)


périr

périr (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
périssant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
péri (participle past)
péris (first-person indicative present singular)
péris (indicative present second-person singular)
périt (indicative present singular third-person)
périssons (first-person indicative plural present)
périssez (indicative plural present second-person)
périssent (indicative plural present third-person)
périssais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
périssais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
périssait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
périssions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
périssiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
périssaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
péris (first-person historic indicative past singular)
péris (historic indicative past second-person singular)
périt (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pérîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pérîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
périrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
périrai (first-person future indicative singular)
périras (future indicative second-person singular)
périra (future indicative singular third-person)
périrons (first-person future indicative plural)
périrez (future indicative plural second-person)
périront (future indicative plural third-person)
périrais (conditional first-person singular)
périrais (conditional second-person singular)
périrait (conditional singular third-person)
péririons (conditional first-person plural)
péririez (conditional plural second-person)
périraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
périsse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
périsses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
périsse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
périssions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
périssiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
périssent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
périsse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
périsses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pérît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
périssions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
périssiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
périssent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
péris (imperative second-person singular)
périssons (first-person imperative plural)
périssez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French perir, from Old French perir, from Latin perīre.


funérailles

Borrowed from Medieval Latin funerālia. See also funéral, funéraire.


obsèques

Borrowed from Late Latin obsequiae, alteration of Latin exsequiae.


affamer

affamer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
affamant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
affamé (participle past)
affame (first-person indicative present singular)
affames (indicative present second-person singular)
affame (indicative present singular third-person)
affamons (first-person indicative plural present)
affamez (indicative plural present second-person)
affament (indicative plural present third-person)
affamais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
affamais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
affamait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
affamions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
affamiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
affamaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
affamai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
affamas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
affama (historic indicative past singular third-person)
affamâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
affamâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
affamèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
affamerai (first-person future indicative singular)
affameras (future indicative second-person singular)
affamera (future indicative singular third-person)
affamerons (first-person future indicative plural)
affamerez (future indicative plural second-person)
affameront (future indicative plural third-person)
affamerais (conditional first-person singular)
affamerais (conditional second-person singular)
affamerait (conditional singular third-person)
affamerions (conditional first-person plural)
affameriez (conditional plural second-person)
affameraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
affame (first-person present singular subjunctive)
affames (present second-person singular subjunctive)
affame (present singular subjunctive third-person)
affamions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
affamiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
affament (plural present subjunctive third-person)
affamasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
affamasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
affamât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
affamassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
affamassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
affamassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
affame (imperative second-person singular)
affamons (first-person imperative plural)
affamez (imperative plural second-person)

From a- + faim + -er. Faim reverts to its Latin root fames.

(transitive) to starve (somebody or something, like a city during a siege)


taux de mortalité

fr-noun

taux de mortalité m (plural taux de mortalité)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-taux de mortalité.wav


Faucheuse

Grim Reaper (a personification of Death as a cloaked old man or a skeleton, usually carrying a scythe)


succomber

succomber (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
succombant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
succombé (participle past)
succombe (first-person indicative present singular)
succombes (indicative present second-person singular)
succombe (indicative present singular third-person)
succombons (first-person indicative plural present)
succombez (indicative plural present second-person)
succombent (indicative plural present third-person)
succombais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
succombais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
succombait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
succombions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
succombiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
succombaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
succombai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
succombas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
succomba (historic indicative past singular third-person)
succombâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
succombâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
succombèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
succomberai (first-person future indicative singular)
succomberas (future indicative second-person singular)
succombera (future indicative singular third-person)
succomberons (first-person future indicative plural)
succomberez (future indicative plural second-person)
succomberont (future indicative plural third-person)
succomberais (conditional first-person singular)
succomberais (conditional second-person singular)
succomberait (conditional singular third-person)
succomberions (conditional first-person plural)
succomberiez (conditional plural second-person)
succomberaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
succombe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
succombes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
succombe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
succombions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
succombiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
succombent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
succombasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
succombasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
succombât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
succombassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
succombassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
succombassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
succombe (imperative second-person singular)
succombons (first-person imperative plural)
succombez (imperative plural second-person)

From Old French, borrowed from Latin succumbere.

Il succomba à une surdose.


rendre l'âme

/ʁɑ̃.dʁə l‿ɑm/

(idiomatic, euphemistic) to pass away; to give up the ghost (die)


peine de mort

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-peine de mort.wav


euthanasie

→ Czech: eutanazie

→ Dutch: euthanasie

desctree

→ German: Euthanasie
→ Estonian: eutanaasia
→ Japanese: オイタナジー (oitanajī)

→ Japanese: ユータナジー (yūtanajī)

→ Romanian: eutanasie

→ Serbo-Croatian: eutanázija

→ Swedish: eutanasi

→ Turkish: ötanazi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία (euthanasía).

bor+

euthanasia (practice of killing a human being or animal)


casser sa pipe

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-casser sa pipe.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-casser sa pipe.wav

(euphemistic or humorous) to kick the bucket; to snuff it


rendre le dernier soupir

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-rendre le dernier soupir.wav

draw one's last breath
draw one's last breath

(euphemistic) to draw one's last breath, to breathe one’s last, to give up the ghost, to die


croque-mort

fr-noun

croque-mort m or f by sense (plural croque-morts)

croque-morts (plural)
croquemort (alternative)

Uncertain, possibly from dated verb croquer (“to make disappear”) or from croc (“hook”).

Au fossoyeur, au croque-mort, au curé, aux chevaux même ils payaient un verre.

1960, “Les Funérailles d'antan”, in Georges Brassens (lyrics), Les Funérailles d'antan:

They treated the gravedigger, the undertaker, the curate, and even the horses to a drink.


crématorium

→ Turkish: krematoryum

Borrowed from New Latin crematorium, from Latin cremō, or formed from crémation.


obsèque

(rare, archaic) funeral
obsolete form of obsèques


funéraille

Borrowed from Medieval Latin funeralia, from Late Latin funeralis, from Latin funus.

(rare, archaic) funeral
obsolete form of funérailles


peine capitale

peine capitale f (plural peines capitailes)

capital punishment (punishment by death)


thanato-

From Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”).


passer l'arme à gauche

Literally, “pass the weapon to the left”. When right-handed soldiers needed to reload their rifle in the 17th century, they would hold it in their left hand to make it easier. However, long walks across battlefields were tedious and left reloading soldiers easy targets.


mort subite du nourrisson

fr-noun

mort subite du nourrisson f (uncountable)

sudden infant death syndrome
sudden infant death syndrome

crib death, cot death, sudden infant death syndrome


peloton d'exécution

peloton d'exécution m (plural pelotons d'exécution)

firing squad (a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially)


médecin légiste

médecin légiste m (plural médecins légistes)


escoffier

escoffier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
escoffiant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
escoffié (participle past)
escoffie (first-person indicative present singular)
escoffies (indicative present second-person singular)
escoffie (indicative present singular third-person)
escoffions (first-person indicative plural present)
escoffiez (indicative plural present second-person)
escoffient (indicative plural present third-person)
escoffiais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
escoffiais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
escoffiait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
escoffiions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
escoffiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
escoffiaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
escoffiai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
escoffias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
escoffia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
escoffiâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
escoffiâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
escoffièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
escoffierai (first-person future indicative singular)
escoffieras (future indicative second-person singular)
escoffiera (future indicative singular third-person)
escoffierons (first-person future indicative plural)
escoffierez (future indicative plural second-person)
escoffieront (future indicative plural third-person)
escoffierais (conditional first-person singular)
escoffierais (conditional second-person singular)
escoffierait (conditional singular third-person)
escoffierions (conditional first-person plural)
escoffieriez (conditional plural second-person)
escoffieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
escoffie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
escoffies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
escoffie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
escoffiions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
escoffiiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
escoffient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
escoffiasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
escoffiasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
escoffiât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
escoffiassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
escoffiassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
escoffiassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
escoffie (imperative second-person singular)
escoffions (first-person imperative plural)
escoffiez (imperative plural second-person)
escofier (alternative)

From Provençal escoufia, possibly ultimately from Late Latin cofia (with the meaning of decapitating), which is a Germanic borrowing; see coif.


trouver la mort

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-trouver la mort.wav

trouver la mort dans un accident de voiture

(idiomatic) to lose one's life; to die, especially when violent or accidental


périssable

des denrées périssables


trépasser

trépasser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
trépassant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
trépassé (participle past)
trépasse (first-person indicative present singular)
trépasses (indicative present second-person singular)
trépasse (indicative present singular third-person)
trépassons (first-person indicative plural present)
trépassez (indicative plural present second-person)
trépassent (indicative plural present third-person)
trépassais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
trépassais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
trépassait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
trépassions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
trépassiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
trépassaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
trépassai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
trépassas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
trépassa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
trépassâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
trépassâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
trépassèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
trépasserai (first-person future indicative singular)
trépasseras (future indicative second-person singular)
trépassera (future indicative singular third-person)
trépasserons (first-person future indicative plural)
trépasserez (future indicative plural second-person)
trépasseront (future indicative plural third-person)
trépasserais (conditional first-person singular)
trépasserais (conditional second-person singular)
trépasserait (conditional singular third-person)
trépasserions (conditional first-person plural)
trépasseriez (conditional plural second-person)
trépasseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
trépasse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
trépasses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
trépasse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
trépassions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
trépassiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
trépassent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
trépassasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
trépassasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
trépassât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
trépassassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
trépassassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
trépassassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
trépasse (imperative second-person singular)
trépassons (first-person imperative plural)
trépassez (imperative plural second-person)

From Old French trespasser (“to traverse”).

(euphemistic) to cross over; to pass away (to die)


clamser

clamser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
clamsant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
clamsé (participle past)
clamse (first-person indicative present singular)
clamses (indicative present second-person singular)
clamse (indicative present singular third-person)
clamsons (first-person indicative plural present)
clamsez (indicative plural present second-person)
clamsent (indicative plural present third-person)
clamsais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
clamsais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
clamsait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
clamsions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
clamsiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
clamsaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
clamsai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
clamsas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
clamsa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
clamsâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
clamsâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
clamsèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
clamserai (first-person future indicative singular)
clamseras (future indicative second-person singular)
clamsera (future indicative singular third-person)
clamserons (first-person future indicative plural)
clamserez (future indicative plural second-person)
clamseront (future indicative plural third-person)
clamserais (conditional first-person singular)
clamserais (conditional second-person singular)
clamserait (conditional singular third-person)
clamserions (conditional first-person plural)
clamseriez (conditional plural second-person)
clamseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
clamse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
clamses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
clamse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
clamsions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
clamsiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
clamsent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
clamsasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
clamsasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
clamsât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
clamsassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
clamsassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
clamsassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
clamse (imperative second-person singular)
clamsons (first-person imperative plural)
clamsez (imperative plural second-person)

First attested as crapser, crampser; either of onomatopoeic origin or related to crampe.

Parce qu'un oncle a dû te refiler dix mille euros en clamsant on va tous s'accrocher à toi comme des morbacs ? Pauvre crevard, tu me fais de la peine…

2015 June, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 2, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN:


bûcher

stake (pile of wood on which a person condemned to death is burned)


Azraël

Borrowed from Arabic عِزْرَائِيل (ʕizrāʔīl).

bor+

1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, p. 166; translated 1992 by Robyn Marsack as The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland

Kurds who had trespassed into the town ran great risk of being placed on the ground with their faces in the earth instead of being put upright in the grave with their faces towards Mecca, as custom required. Azriel, the Angel of Death, would take offence at their unseemly position and refuse them entrance to Paradise.

Les Kurdes trépassés dans la ville couraient grand risque d'être enterrés à plat et face contre terre, au lieu d'être installés dans la fosse, le visage tourné contre La Mecque, comme l'exige la coutume. Ainsi Azraël, l'ange de la mort, blessé par cette posture inconvenante, leur refuserait l'accès au paradis.


laisser sa peau

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-laisser sa peau.wav

1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, p. 298; translated 1992 by Robyn Marsack as The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland

— It was the southern extremity of the Lut desert where year in, year out, half a dozen drivers turn to dust because of a broken axle or a battery dried out by the sun.

C'est l'extrémité méridionale du désert du Lout où, bon an mal an, pour un axe cassé, pour une batterie séchée par le soleil, une demi-douzaine de chauffeurs laissent leur peau.


expérience de mort imminente

fr-noun

expérience de mort imminente f (plural expériences de mort imminente)

near-death experience
near-death experience


comme un rat mort

/kɔ.m‿œ̃ ʁa mɔʁ/

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-comme un rat mort.wav

se faire chier comme un rat mort

to be bored shitless, to be bored out of one's mind, to be bored to tears


camp d'extermination

camp d'extermination m (plural camps d'extermination)


signer son arrêt de mort

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-signer son arrêt de mort.wav

sign one's death warrant
sign one's death warrant

(figuratively) to sign one's death warrant


mettre à mort

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-mettre à mort.wav

(transitive) to put to death, to execute


à l'article de la mort

Near-synonym: à l'agonie

in articulo mortis, at death's door, in one's death throes


arrêt de mort

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-arrêt de mort.wav

signer son arrêt de mort


combat à mort

fight to the death, fight to the finish, deathmatch


perdre la vie

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-perdre la vie.wav

(euphemistic) to lose one's life (to die)


avoir un pied dans la tombe

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-avoir un pied dans la tombe.wav

have one foot in the grave
have one foot in the grave

(figuratively, informal) to have one foot in the grave


mort cérébrale

mort cérébrale f (plural morts cérébrales)

en état de mort cérébrale


y rester

(informal) to kick the bucket, to buy it, to check out (to die)


rifler la mort

(Louisiana, Cajun, St.Martin Parish) to be in danger of death


mourir de sa belle mort

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-mourir de sa belle mort.wav

to die of old age, to die a natural death


mort clinique

mort clinique f (usually uncountable, plural morts cliniques)

en état de mort clinique


mort et enterré

fr-adj

mort et enterré (feminine morte et enterrée, masculine plural morts et enterrés, feminine plural mortes et enterrées)

morte et enterrée (feminine)
morts et enterrés (masculine plural)
mortes et enterrées (feminine plural)

(figuratively) dead and buried, dead as a dodo


mise à mort

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-mise à mort.wav


morte la bête, mort le venin

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-morte la bête, mort le venin.wav

(literary) dead dogs don't bite (a dead man isn't a threat anymore)


acte de décès

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-acte de décès.wav

death certificate (official document certifying the details of a person's death)


lit de mort

fr-noun

lit de mort m (usually uncountable, plural lits de mort)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-lit de mort.wav

sur son lit de mort


mourir en odeur de sainteté

(idiomatic) to die with a reputation of holiness


camp de la mort

camp de la mort m (plural camps de la mort)


raide mort

tomber raide mort


marche de la mort

marche de la mort f (plural marches de la mort)

death march (forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey)


laisser pour mort

laissé pour mort


être un homme mort

/ɛtʁ œ̃.n‿ɔm mɔʁ/

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-être un homme mort.wav

Near-synonym: être fait comme un rat

(figuratively) to be a dead man, to be as good as dead, to be dead meat


couic

onomatopoeic

Imitative

(onomatopoeia) (to express sudden death or destruction)


drame de la solitude

fr-noun

drame de la solitude m (plural drames de la solitude)

(journalism) Late discovery of the body of an elderly person who died alone at home


affamement

Inherited from Middle French affamement, from Old French afamement. By surface analysis, affamer (“to starve”) + -ment.

surf

(rare) starving (causing people to starve)


se donner la mort

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-se donner la mort.wav


demi-mort

fr-adj

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

demi-morte (feminine)
demi-morts (masculine plural)
demi-mortes (feminine plural)

Quand je l'ai trouvé il était déjà demi-mort.

When I found him he was already halfdead.


catafalqueux

catafalqueux (feminine catafalqueuse, masculine plural catafalqueux, feminine plural catafalqueuses)

catafalqueuse (feminine)
catafalqueux (masculine plural)
catafalqueuses (feminine plural)

Nous la redemandons à deux genoux, la jeunesse, la bonne jeunesse qui croit à tout, qui pleure et qui rit, qui tremble et qui frissonne, qui s'attarde dans les prés fleuris, et qui croit au bon Dieu en dépit du cant et des gandins catafalqueux qui ont érigé l'impassibilité en principe.

1864, Charles Yriarte, Les cercles de Paris, 1828-1864, Paris: Dupray de la Mahérie, pages 267–268:

We ask again on both knees, Youth, fair Youth which believes in everything, which weeps and which laughs, which trembles and which shivers, which lingers in the flowery meadows, and which believes in the good Lord in spite of the cant and the sinister hooligans who have established impassibility as a principle.

Mon père m'a écrit, à propos de ce suicide, une lettre catafalqueuse et sentimentale comme une valse de 1845.

1916, Mary Burns, La langue d'Alphonse Daudet, Jouve, page 171:

My father wrote me, in connection with this suicide, a lugubrious and sentimental letter like a waltz of 1845.

(uncommon) morbid, sinister, sombre, funereal


con tinh

The lustful ghost of a virgin woman (in Vietnamese folklore).


ma gia

(Vietnamese folklore) The murderous ghost of an unrecovered drowned person, trying to drown travelers and capsize boats.


rendre son âme à Dieu

Literally, “to return one’s soul to God”.

lit

(idiomatic, euphemistic) to pass away; to give up the ghost (die)