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mourir
mourir
French
Verb
mourir
- (intransitive) to die; to be dying
- (figuratively, with "de") to be dying (of)
- Je meurs de faim - I'm dying of hunger
Conjugation
Conjugation of mourir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | mourir | être mort | |||||
| gerund | en mourant | en étant mort | |||||
| present participle | mourant /mu.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | mort /mɔʁ/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | meurs /mœʁ/ |
meurs /mœʁ/ |
meurt /mœʁ/ |
mourons /mu.ʁɔ̃/ |
mourez /mu.ʁe/ |
meurent /mœʁ/ |
| imperfect | mourais /mu.ʁɛ/ |
mourais /mu.ʁɛ/ |
mourait /mu.ʁɛ/ |
mourions /mu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mouriez /mu.ʁje/ |
mouraient /mu.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | mourus /mu.ʁy/ |
mourus /mu.ʁy/ |
mourut /mu.ʁy/ |
mourûmes /mu.ʁym/ |
mourûtes /mu.ʁyt/ |
moururent /mu.ʁyʁ/ |
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| future | mourrai /mu.ʁe/ |
mourras /mu.ʁa/ |
mourra /mu.ʁa/ |
mourrons /mu.ʁɔ̃/ |
mourrez /mu.ʁe/ |
mourront /mu.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | mourrais /mu.ʁɛ/ |
mourrais /mu.ʁɛ/ |
mourrait /mu.ʁɛ/ |
mourrions /mu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mourriez /mu.ʁje/ |
mourraient /mu.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | meure /mœʁ/ |
meures /mœʁ/ |
meure /mœʁ/ |
mourions /mu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mouriez /mu.ʁje/ |
meurent /mœʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
mourusse /mu.ʁys/ |
mourusses /mu.ʁys/ |
mourût /mu.ʁy/ |
mourussions /mu.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ |
mourussiez /mu.ʁy.sje/ |
mourussent /mu.ʁys/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | meurs /mœʁ/ |
— | mourons /mu.ʁɔ̃/ |
mourez /mu.ʁe/ |
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Synonyms
Related terms
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French morir, from Vulgar Latin *morīre, from Latin morī, present active infinitive of morior.
Verb
mourir
- (intransitive) to die; to be dying
Descendants
- French: mourir