"morto" meaning in Italian

See morto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɔr.to/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-morto.wav Forms: morta [feminine], morti [masculine, plural], morte [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɔrto Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *mortus, from Classical Latin mortuus, from Proto-Italic *mortwos, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, derived from the root *mer- (“to die; to disappear”). Etymology templates: {{root|it|ine-pro|*mer-}}, {{inh|it|VL.|*mortus}} Vulgar Latin *mortus, {{inh|it|CL.|mortuus}} Classical Latin mortuus, {{inh|it|itc-pro|*mortwos}} Proto-Italic *mortwos, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*mr̥twós}} Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós Head templates: {{it-adj}} morto (feminine morta, masculine plural morti, feminine plural morte)
  1. (literal and figurative) dead Synonyms: crepato [colloquial], deceduto, defunto, estinto, perito, scomparso [euphemistic]
    Sense id: en-morto-it-adj-KKOl6B0e
  2. (by extension, colloquial) dead (experiencing pins and needles) (of a body part) Tags: broadly, colloquial
    Sense id: en-morto-it-adj-5thhcEfD
  3. (figurative) past (of a time period) Tags: figuratively Synonyms: passato, trascorso
    Sense id: en-morto-it-adj-RByDnUh9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mezzo morto, mortamente, morto di fame

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔr.to/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-morto.wav Forms: morti [plural], morta [feminine], morticìno [diminutive, error-unknown-tag], mortàccio [Roman, pejorative]
Rhymes: -ɔrto Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *mortus, from Classical Latin mortuus, from Proto-Italic *mortwos, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, derived from the root *mer- (“to die; to disappear”). Etymology templates: {{root|it|ine-pro|*mer-}}, {{inh|it|VL.|*mortus}} Vulgar Latin *mortus, {{inh|it|CL.|mortuus}} Classical Latin mortuus, {{inh|it|itc-pro|*mortwos}} Proto-Italic *mortwos, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*mr̥twós}} Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós Head templates: {{it-noun|m|dim=morticìno<t:dead child>|f=+|pej=mortàccio<q:Roman>}} morto m (plural morti, feminine morta, diminutive morticìno (“dead child”), pejorative (Roman) mortàccio)
  1. dead man Tags: masculine Synonyms: defunto
    Sense id: en-morto-it-noun-Dtb-VC3Z
  2. corpse, dead body Tags: masculine Synonyms: cadavere, corpo
    Sense id: en-morto-it-noun-gv9lWh~6
  3. (figurative) an inactive or idle person Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-morto-it-noun-vcnrgrxb
  4. (card games) a fourth, absent player Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-morto-it-noun-0zSuBv9u Topics: card-games, games
  5. (card games) a fourth, absent player
    (bridge) dummy
    Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Bridge, Card games
    Sense id: en-morto-it-noun-dXf3PDA8 Topics: bridge, card-games, games

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɔr.to/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-morto.wav Forms: morta [feminine], morti [masculine, plural], morte [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɔrto Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *mortus, from Classical Latin mortuus, from Proto-Italic *mortwos, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, derived from the root *mer- (“to die; to disappear”). Etymology templates: {{root|it|ine-pro|*mer-}}, {{inh|it|VL.|*mortus}} Vulgar Latin *mortus, {{inh|it|CL.|mortuus}} Classical Latin mortuus, {{inh|it|itc-pro|*mortwos}} Proto-Italic *mortwos, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*mr̥twós}} Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós Head templates: {{it-pp}} morto (feminine morta, masculine plural morti, feminine plural morte)
  1. past participle of morire
    died
    Tags: participle
    Sense id: en-morto-it-verb-BihutTwo Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 1 3 3 6 15 15 42 9 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 3 6 1 4 4 6 12 12 41 9
  2. past participle of morire
    (obsolete or Tuscan, transitive) killed, murdered
    Tags: participle, transitive
    Sense id: en-morto-it-verb-5-O3KqTX Categories (other): Tuscan Italian
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: morte, morire

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto V”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 139–142; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:",
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          "ref": "1807, Ugo Foscolo, Dei Sepolcri, Molini, Landi e comp., published 1809, page 12:",
          "text": "[…] le madri / Balzan ne’ sonni esterrefatte, e tendono / Nude le braccia su l’amato capo / Del caro lor lattante onde nol desti, / Il gemer lungo di persona morta",
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          "ref": "1840–1842, Alessandro Manzoni, chapter IV, in I promessi sposi^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/I_promessi_sposi_(1840)), Milan: Guglielmini e Redaelli, published in I promessi sposi - Storia della colonna infame:",
          "text": "benchè l’omicidio fosse, a que’ tempi, cosa tanto comune, che gli orecchi d’ognuno erano avvezzi a sentirlo raccontare, e gli occhi a vederlo, pure l’impressione ch’egli ricevette dal veder l’uomo morto per lui, e l’uomo morto da lui, fu nuova e indicibile",
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          "english": "Caesar, with his army, descended towards the shores of the river Arno, where Fiorino had been killed along with his people by the people of Fiesole, and there he ordered a city to be built",
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          "text": "Cesere con sua oste discese al piano presso alla riva del fiume d’Arno, là dove Fiorino con sua gente era stato morto da’ Fiesolani, e in quello luogo fece cominciare ad edificare una città",
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          "english": "Even though murder was, at that time, common enough that everyone's ears and eyes were accustomed to hearing about it and seeing it, the shock he felt from the sight of the man murdered because of him, and the man murdered by him, was new and indescribable",
          "ref": "1840–1842, Alessandro Manzoni, chapter IV, in I promessi sposi^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/I_promessi_sposi_(1840)), Milan: Guglielmini e Redaelli, published in I promessi sposi - Storia della colonna infame:",
          "text": "benchè l’omicidio fosse, a que’ tempi, cosa tanto comune, che gli orecchi d’ognuno erano avvezzi a sentirlo raccontare, e gli occhi a vederlo, pure l’impressione ch’egli ricevette dal veder l’uomo morto per lui, e l’uomo morto da lui, fu nuova e indicibile",
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