"dead" in seven languages
Meaningdead
Spanish
muerto
/ˈmweɾto/
inherited
French
mort
/mɔʁ/
inherited
Italian
morto
/ˈmɔrto/
inherited
Portuguese
morto
/ˈmohtu/
inherited
Romanian
mort
/mort/
inherited
fem.: moartă
Stressed o opens to oa before a final -ă: mort, moartă.
Catalan
mort
/mɔɾt/
inherited
English
dead
/dɛd/
native English · Old English dēad
English → ItaliandeadmortoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: mortal, mortuary, mortgage.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MORTUUM‘dead’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish breaks short Ŏ into ue even before two consonants (muerto), where Italian keeps ɔ (morto). English mortgage is an Old French 'dead pledge'.
English relatives: mortal, mortuary, mortgage
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In a sentence
- esLa planta está muerta.
- frLa plante est morte.
- itLa pianta è morta.
- ptA planta está morta.
- roPlanta e moartă.
- caLa planta és morta.
- enThe plant is dead.
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